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# Gouviães e Ucanha United Commune (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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## União das Freguesias de Gouviães e Ucanha, Concelho de Tarouca, Distrito de Viseu

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,27 May 2024

- Gouviães e Ucanha United Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Gouviães e Ucanha

- Former Gouviães Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Gouviães

- Former Ucanha Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Ucanha

See also:

- Tarouca Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Gouviães e Ucanha United Commune

### Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 26 Apr 2026

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, issuant from base a bridge Gules masoned Argent with three arches and an annexed embattled tower of the same at sinister, on dexter chief a lyre Azure surrounded by a wreath formed by an olive branch Vert fruited Sable at dexter and a vine wreath Vert fruited Purpure at sinister. Mural crown with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE DE GOUVIÃES E UCANHA".
Meaning:
Tower and bridge are representing Ucanha, lyre and wreath Gouviães.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 28 June 2016, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

### Presentation of Gouviães e Ucanha

Gouviães e Ucanha is one of the three communes of Tarouca Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 698 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 8,94 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

The commune was disestablished on 13 March 2025. Its four constituent communes were reinstated.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Apr 2026

### Former Gouviães Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,27 May 2024

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, 27 May 2024

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, issuant from base a bridge Sable masoned Or with two arches, on chief a lyre Gules flanked by two olive branches Vert fruited Sable in pale. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "GOUVIÃES - TAROUCA".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 August 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

#### Presentation of Gouviães

Gouviães was one of the six communes of Tarouca Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 414 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2,62 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

### Former Ucanha Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, issuant from base a bridge Gules masoned Argent with three arches and an annexed embattled tower of the same at sinister, on dexter chief a bunch of grapes Purpure leafed Vert. Mural crown with four visible towers (town rank) and short white scroll, in Bérnard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "UCANHA".
Meaning:
The main charge is a representation of the so called "Tower of Ucanha", a watch tower protecting the masoned bridge, crossing the Varosa River, see e.g. here.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 May 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

#### Presentation of Ucanha

Ucanha was one of the six communes of Tarouca Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 403 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5,28 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2024

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