Alagoa

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Alagoa
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Alagoa (Portugal)
Alagoa
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Alto Alentejo
District : Portalegre
Concelho : Portalegre
Coordinates : 39 ° 22 ′  N , 7 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 22 ′  N , 7 ° 32 ′  W
Residents: 669 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 18.16 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 37 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 7300-301
politics
Mayor : Manuel de Jesus Nicolau Marques ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Alagoa
Rua da Fontinha, nº 2-A
7300-301 Alagoa
Website: www.jf-alagoa.pt

Alagoa is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Portalegre . It has 669 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

The present-day community was probably formed during the settlement policy after the conclusion of the Portuguese Reconquista . Alagoa has been an independent municipality since the 16th century.

Culture and sights

In the municipality, the historical public fountain Fonte Velha and the primary school building are under monument protection. Another architectural monument here is the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Alagoa , also Igreja de São Miguel after its patron saint of St Michael .

Alagoa is located in the Serra de São Mamede nature reserve . Hiking trails and nature trails are laid out, and lookout points ( port .: Miradouros ) offer wide views.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ Portrait of the community on the Freguesia de Alagoa ( memento of July 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on July 28, 2013
  4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 28, 2013
  5. ↑ ditto
  6. ↑ ditto