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# Cantanhede e Pocariça United Commune (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: cantanhede(freguesia) | pocarica | grapevine | keys(crossed) | caduceus | cogwheel | pine(cone) | fess | fleur-de-lis(golden) | lyre |
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## União das Freguesias de Cantanhede e Pocariça, Concelho de Cantanhede, Distrito de Coimbra

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025

- Cantanhede e Pocariça United Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Cantanhede e Pocariça

- Former Cantanhede Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Cantanhede

- Former Pocariça Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Pocariça

See also:

- Cantanhede Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Cantanhede e Pocariça United Commune

### Flag

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, 28 Feb 2025

### Coat of Arms

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025

Shield Azure a caduceus Or, superimposing on base a cogwheel Argent, and flanked by a lyre Argent garnished Gules at dexter and a grape bunch Or leafed Argent at sinister. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and long white scroll, as often used by united communes, reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CANTANHEDE E POCARIÇA".
Meaning:
Grape bunches appear on the arms of both predecessors of the commune. Caduceus and cogwheel are taken from the arms of the former Cantanhede Commune, the lyre from those of the former Pocariça Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 7 October 2014, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025

### Presentation of Cantanhede e Pocariça

Cantanhede e Pocariça is one of the five communes of Cantanhede Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 8831 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 54,09 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025

### Former Cantanhede Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2015

#### Coat of Arms

image located by Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Shield Or, a cogwheel Sable superimposed by a paly caduceus Azure, flanked by a grapevine Purpure leaved Vert at dexter and a pine cone Vert with branch at sinister, in chief two keys Gules crossed per saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and long white scroll with inscription in black upper case serifed letters "FREGUESIA DE CANTANHEDE".
Meaning:
The keys are an attribute of St. Peter. The cogwheel is representing industry, the caduceus trade and commerce, the grapevine viticulture and the pine forestal riches.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 May 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2015

#### Presentation of Cantanhede

Cantanhede was one of the eight communes of Cantanhede Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 7738 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 41,8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2015

### Former Pocariça Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2015

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, 27 May 2015

#### Coat of Arms

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2015

Shield Azure a fess Argent charged with two grapevines Or leafed Vert, in chief a fleur-de-lis Or, in base a lyre Or stringed Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black upper case letters "POCARIÇA".
Meaning:
The fleur-de-lis is an attribute of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, the local patron saint.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 18 February 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2015

#### Presentation of Pocariça

Pocariça was one of the eight communes of Cantanhede Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1101 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12,3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2015

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