Vide e Cabeça United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Vide e Cabeça, Concelho de Seia, Distrito da Guarda

• Vide e Cabeça United Commune
• Presentation of Vide e Cabeça
• Former Vide Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Vide
• Former Cabeça Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Cabeça

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Vide e Cabeça United Commune

The commune has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Aug 2025

Presentation of Vide e Cabeça

Vide e Cabeça is one of the seven communes of Seia Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 570inhabitants in 2021 and covers 56,47 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Aug 2025

Former Vide Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Aug 2025

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure a mound Argent charged with a 5-point estoile Vert, in chief a lark Proper flanked by two wine leaves Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "VIDE".
Meaning:
The word "vide" means "grapevine"; the arms are thus partly canting. The star in the arms very likely refers to the Star Mountains (Serra da Estrela.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Aug 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 17 May 2013, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Aug 2025

Presentation of Vide

Vide was one of the 15 communes of Seia Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 583 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 51,25 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Aug 2025

Former Cabeça Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Francisco Santos, 22 Mar 2003

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert, in base a snowy mountain issuant, above a couped sheep Argent, in chief a pair of spurs Or, one spur in each corner. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "CABEÇA".
Meaning:
The coat of arms is interesting because it has a sheep over a mountain, but the sheep´s feet don´t touch the mountain. The spurs refer to local legends, traditions and the old age of the village. The sheep represents herding as important economic activity. The mountain refers to the location in the Star Muntains (Serra da Estrela).
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage and Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Francisco Santos, 22 Mar 2003 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2014

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 14 March 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2014

Presentation of Cabeça

Cabeça was one of the 15 communes of Seia Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 178 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8,55 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2014

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