Abadim
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Ave | |||||
| District : | Braga | |||||
| Concelho : | Cabeceiras de Basto | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 32 ′ N , 7 ° 59 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 571 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 15.14 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 38 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 4860-011 | |||||
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| Mayor : | António Fernando Ferreira Basto ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Abadim Lugar da Veiga 4860-011 Abadim |
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| Website: | www.freguesiadeabadim.pt | |||||
Abadim is a town and municipality in northern Portugal .
history
The place name indicates an existence since the Arab rule from the 8th century.
It was already the seat of its own administrative district when King D. Afonso III. Abadim gave to the knight Rui Viegas .
On October 12, 1514 Abadim received city rights by King D. Manuel I .
In the course of the administrative reforms after the liberal civil war , the Abadim district was dissolved in 1836. Since then it has been a parish in the Cabeceiras de Basto district.
administration
Abadim is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Cabeceiras de Basto in the Braga district . The municipality has an area of 15.1 km² and has 571 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities are in the municipality:
- Abadim
- Ponte da Ranha
- Ponte Nova
- Torrinheiras
- Travassô
Buildings
- Parish Church of S. Jorge de Abadim
- Castelo da Torre (castle tower)
- Casa da Ramada
- Pelourinho (stake)
- Moinhos do Rei
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Abadim at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Local government website. Abadim Municipal Council, accessed April 7, 2017 (Portuguese).
- Information on Abadim. Cabeceiras de Basto district administration, accessed April 7, 2017 (Portuguese).
- Entry on Abadim in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ Information about Abadim on the district government website, accessed April 7, 2017
- ↑ Entry of the Torre de Abadim tower (under Cronologia ) in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on April 7, 2017
