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# Candemil e Gondar United Commune (Portugal)

## União das Freguesias de Candemil e Gondar, Concelho de Vila Nova de Cerveira, Distrito de Viana

Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: candemil(vn d cerveira) | gondar(vn d cerveira) | watermill(wheel) | bar(wavy) | roof tile | palm(leaf) | grapevine |
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- Candemil e Gondar United Commune
- Former Candemil Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Candemil

- Former Gondar Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of

See also:

- Vila Nova de Cerveira Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Candemil e Gondar United Commune

The commune has not yet proper symbols.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2026

### Former Candemil Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Mar 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Or, two roof tiles Gules ordered per fess between a fessy palm leaf Vert in chief and a watermill wheel Sable in base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CANDEMIL - VILA NOVA DE CERVEIRA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes. Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 February 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

#### Presentation of Candemil

Candemil Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vila Nova de Cerveira Municipality; it had 236 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

### Former Gondar Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 3 June 2026 | 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 3 June 2026 |  |

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

#### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 3 June 2026

Shield Vert, a throughout bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure between two grapevines Or leafed Argent ordered per fess in chief and a watermill wheel Argent garnished Sable in base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "JUNTA DE FREGUESIA DE GONDAR - VILA NOVA DE CERVEIRA" (rare; see left flag image above). Another version has the inscription: "GONDAR - VILA NOVA DE CERVEIRA" (see right flag image above).
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 August 2001, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 June 2026

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#### Presentation of Gondar

Gondar Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vila Nova de Cerveira Municipality; it had 127 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3,64 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

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