Águeda (Freguesia)
Águeda is a former Portuguese parish ( freguesia ). It is also the seat of the district ( concelho ) of Águeda . Águeda was promoted to city ( Cidade ) in 1985 .
The Freguesia Águeda had an area of 27.33 km² and 11,357 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
On September 29, 2013, the Freguesias Águeda and Borralha were merged to form the new Freguesia União das Freguesias de Águeda e Borralha .
geography
The city lies on the Rio Águeda , where it spreads out on a gently sloping slope of the valley, which is very wide and 31 meters deep. It is located 240 km north of Lisbon , 72 km south of Porto and 20 km east of the district capital, Aveiro .
Localities
The following localities belonged to the municipality of Águeda:
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Buildings
- Pelourinho de Assequins (fragments of the stake from the early 16th century)
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Águeda at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
Individual evidence
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014
- ↑ Pelourinho de Assequins. In: Pesquisa Geral - Pesquisa do Patrimonio. Direção Geral do Património Cultural , accessed April 3, 2018 (Portuguese).
Coordinates: 40 ° 21 ′ N , 8 ° 16 ′ W