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# Moimenta e Montouto United Commune (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: moimenta(vinhais) | montouto | base(wavy) | bridge | coronet | rye(ear) | triplemount | keys(crossed) | chestnut(tree) |
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## União das Freguesias de Moimenta e Montouto, Concelho de Vinhais, Distrito de Bragança

- Moimenta e Montouto United Commune
- Former Moimenta Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Moimenta

- Former Montout Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Montout

See also:

- Vinhais Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Moimenta e Montouto United Commune

The commune has not yet proper symbols.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2026

### Former Moimenta Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Dec 2016

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, 19 Dec 2016

at [ https://www.heraldicacivica.pt/ ], the H

#### Coat of Arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Dec 2016

The shield of the arms is Vert with base wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, crowned by a single arched bridge Argent, masoned Sable, in chief a coronet of pearls Argent between two rye ears Or set in saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MOIMENTA - VINHAIS".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Dec 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 February 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Dec 2016

#### Presentation of Moimenta

Moimenta Commune, also known as Moimenta da Raia (English: "of the frontier") , was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vinhais Municipality; it had 168 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 17.4 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Dec 2016

### Former Montouto Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Dec 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: this photo
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Dec 2016

#### Coat of Arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Dec 2016

The shield of the arms is Vert, two chestnut trees Argent with their friut Or slit Gules, in chief a sinister bendy key Or on a bendy key Argent, both keys with their wards turn to the chief, issuant from base a mount of three coupeaux Sable with peaks Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MONTOUTO - VINHAIS".
Meaning:
The crossed keys are an attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint.
Sources: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Dec 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 25 June 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Dec 2016

#### Presentation of

## Presentation of Montouto

Montouto Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vinhais Municipality; it had 110 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 27.8 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Dec 2016

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