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# Belmonte e Colmeal da Torre United Commune (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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## União das Freguesias de Belmonte e Colmeal da Torre, Concelho de Belmonte, Distrito de Castelo Branco

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025

- Belmonte e Colmeal da Torre United Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Belmonte e Colmeal da Torre

- Former Belmonte Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Belmonte

- Former Colmeal da Torre Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Colmeal da Torre

See also:

- Belmonte Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Belmonte e Colmeal da Torre United Commune

### Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025

### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 12 Apr 2026

Shield Vert a squeezer Argent, flanked by two collars of olive Or fruited Sable, on chief an embattled tower Argent masoned Sable with port and windows Gules between two goats passant addorsed Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE BELMONTE E COLMEAL DA TORRE".
Meaning:
The tower is taken from the arms of the former Colmeal da Torre Commune, all other charges from those of the former Belmonte Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 3 April 2020, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025

### Presentation of Belmonte e Colmeal da Torre

Belmonte e Colmeal da Torre is the only commune of Belmonte Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 3543 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 38,3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025

### Former Belmonte Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and yellow .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 July 2015

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Vert with chief Argent charged with two goats passant addorsed Purpure, a squeezer Argent flanked by two collars of olive Or fruited Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "BELMONTE".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 July 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 November 1993
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 July 2015

#### Presentation of Belmonte

Belmonte was one of the two communes of Belmonte Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 3183 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 27,9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider,23 July 2015

### Former Colmeal da Torre Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 July 2015

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Vert, an embattled tower Argent masoned Sable with port and windows Gules between a fessy olive branch Or fruited Argent in chief and a lozenge Or in base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "COLMEAL DA TORRE".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 July 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 March 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 July 2015

#### Presentation of Colmeal da Torre

Colmeal da Torre was one of the two communes of Belmonte Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 729 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7,3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 July 2015

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