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# Podence e Santa Combinha United Commune (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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## União das Freguesias de Podence e Santa Combinha, Concelho de Macedo de Cavaleiros, Distrito de Bragança

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2025

- Podence e Santa Combinha United Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Podence e Santa Combinha

- Former Podence Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Podence

- Former Santa Combinha Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Santa Combinha

See also:

- Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Podence e Santa Combinha United Commune

### Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2025

### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 8 June 2026

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a man passant, dressed and masked of Gules, Vert and Or with baton Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE PODENCE E SANTA COMBINHA"".
Meaning:
The base wavy is a representation of the Azibo water reservoir. The Shrovetide mask of the man is described below.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 29 January 2021, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2025

### Presentation of Podence e Santa Combinha

Podence e Santa Combinha is one of the six communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 258 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 19,46 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2025

### Former Podence commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

#### Coat of Arms

The shield is Argent, parted by a pall Azure, charged with 12 waves Argent, in fork extended to a heraldic fountain, flanked by two twigs of chestnut Vert fructed Or, the nuts slit Gules, in chief a local Shrovetide mask Or garnished Gules and Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and short white scroll, in Bénard-Guedes style, reading in black upper case letters "PODENCE"
Meaning:
The conjoined pall and heraldic fountain stand for the Azibo Reservoir, where this commune is located. The Shrovetide mask (Port.: careto) stands for the local tradition of merrymaking, stemming from pre-Christian rites of coming-of-age â€” see examples of this mask type here, here and here. See also this emblem of a local Shrovetide Committee with obvious influence of local heraldry: here
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 29 September 2007
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

#### Presentation of Podence

Podence was one of the 14 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 250 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 14,3 km².
See also: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

### Former Santa Combinha commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Apr 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2016

#### Coat of Arms

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Apr 2016

The shield is Gules, a crozier Or in pale, surmounted by an open book Argent emphasized Sable over a billet Argent pierced by six round holes, on base wavy Argent a barrulet wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SANTA COMBINHA".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 1 March 2012
Source: Diário da República
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2016

#### Presentation of Santa Combinha

Santa Combinha was one of the 14 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 56 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,9 km².
See also:

- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2016

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