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# Souto da Carpalhosa e Ortigosa United Commune (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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## União das Freguesias de Souto da Carpalhosa e Ortigosa, Concelho de Leiria, Distrito de Leiria

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2025

- Souto da Carpalhosa e Ortigosa United Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Souto da Carpalhosa e Ortigosa

- Former Souto da Carpalhosa Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Souto da Carpalhosa

- Former Ortigosa Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Ortigosa

See also:

- Leiria Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Souto da Carpalhosa e Ortigosa United Commune

### Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2025

### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 17 Apr 2026

Shield Or two chestnut trees eradicated and leafed Vert with chestnuts of Gules and Argent in fess, on chief two flowers Purpure seeded Argent in fess, on base a wreath of stinging nettle Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE SOUTO DA CARPALHOSA E ORTIGOSA".
Meaning:
The trees as heraldic representation of a chestnut grove (Portuguese: souto) stand for former Souto da Carpalhosa Commune, flowers and the canting wreath of stinging nettle (Portuguese ortiga) stand for former Ortigosa Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 25 August 2014, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2025

### Presentation of Souto da Carpalhosa e Ortigosa

is one of the nine communes of Leiria Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 5579 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 42,21 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2025

The commune was disestablished on 13 March 2025. Its four constituent communes were reinstated.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2026

### Former Souto da Carpalhosa Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 22 May 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Or, two chestnut trees Gules, fruited of the same and leafed Vert in fess, on chief a fleur-de-lis Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "SOUTO DA CARPALHOSA".
Meaning:
The trees as heraldic representation of a chestnut grove (Portuguese: souto) are canting elements.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 March 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

#### Presentation of Souto da Carpalhosa

was one of the 20 communes of Leiria Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 3863 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 29,4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

### Former Ortigosa Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 22 May 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, an eradicated pine Proper fruited Or, beneath two branches of urtica Vert in saltire, in chief two flowers Purpure seeded Or, one in each corner. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "ORTIGOSA".
Meaning:
The urtica branches, also called stinging nettles, (Portugues: ortiga) are canting elements.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 16 July 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

#### Presentation of Ortigosa

Ortigosa was one of the 20 communes of Leiria Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1971 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12,9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

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