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# Baçal Commune (Portugal)

## Freguesia de Baçal, Concelho de Bragança, Distrito de Bragança

Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 7 June 2026

- Baçal Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Baçal

See also:

- Bragança Municipality
- Portugal
- English WIKIPEDIA

## Baçal Commune

### Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 May 2024

### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 7 June 2026

Shield Or, a two-tassel ecclesiastical hat Sable, in chief two bugle horns Gules stringed Argent addorsed. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BAÇAL".
Meaning:
The arms refer to a famous local, the 19-20th century self-taught polymath Francisco Manuel Alves, Abbot of Baçal (and metonymically known as such: Abade de Baçal) - writer, historian, genealogist, and archaeologist.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 May 2018

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 10 March 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 May 2018

### Presentation of Baçal

Baçal Commune is one of the 39 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 484 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 28.4 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 May 2018

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