Alcains

Alcains
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Viseu Dão-Lafoes
District :	Castelo Branco
Concelho :	Castelo Branco
Coordinates :	39 ° 55 ′ N , 7 ° 28 ′ W Coordinates: 39 ° 55 ′ N , 7 ° 28 ′ W
Residents:	5022 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	36.94 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	136 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor :	Antonio Lopes Santos Carrega
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Alcains ; Rua José Pereira Monteiro, n.1 ; 6005-068 Alcains;
Website:	www.cm-castelobranco.pt/index.php?link=alcains ( page no longer available )

Alcains is a Portuguese municipality ( freguesia ) and small town ( Vila ) in the district of Castelo Branco . The community is 36.9 km² and has 5022 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

geography

Centrally located in the Castelo Branco district, Alcains is about 10 km from the district town.

history

Monument for the elevation to the Vila, behind the Roman fountain

The traces of human settlement go back to the Neolithic here . There are also a number of finds here from the time of the Roman occupation, such as an oven or a column of gods from the second century. The name, which can be traced back to Alkaij (roughly: existent, permanent), probably dates back to the time of the Moorish occupation .

Since the Reconquista in the possession of the later first King Portugal, Dom Afonso Henriques , it was owned by King Afonso III. bequeathed to the Knights Templar .

In 1971 Alcains was elevated to Vila (small town).

administration

The municipality consists only of the village of Alcains.

traffic

Alcais is a stop on the Linha da Beira Baixa in the national railway network.

With its own connection to the A23 motorway, the place is integrated into the state's motorway network.

economy

Alcains cheese

Agriculture, especially livestock farming, is traditionally important. The cheese from Alcains has a national reputation. The granite that we quarried here is also known.

Alcains has also been a place of the manufacturing industry since the emergence of larger craft businesses in the 16th century . Textile, food, wood and granite processing industries in particular are based here today. A major employer is the clothing manufacturer Dielmar.

Sons and daughters

Aurélio Granada Escudeiro (1920–2012), Bishop of Angra , in the Azores
Ramalho Eanes (* 1935), General, and from 1976 to 1986 President of Portugal
José Manuel Tavares Castilho (* 1947), author, historian and sociologist

Web links

Commons : Alcains (Castelo Branco) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the municipality ( memento of October 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

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
^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 18, ISBN 978-972-46-1730-5
^ Website about the place, from his elementary school ( memento from November 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 22, 2012

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_PT_050201-1] www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[Fläche-2] Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

[3] João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 18, ISBN 978-972-46-1730-5

[4] Website about the place, from his elementary school ( memento from November 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 22, 2012