Alcobertas
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Lezíria do Tejo | |||||
| District : | Santarém | |||||
| Concelho : | Rio Maior | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 25 ′ N , 8 ° 54 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1923 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 32.03 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 60 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 2040-011 | |||||
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| Mayor : | João de Deus Dias Ferreira | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Alcobertas Rua Santa Maria Madelena, 43 2040-011 Alcobertas |
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| Website: | www.jf-alcobertas.pt | |||||
Alcobertas is a town and municipality in Portugal . The place is about nine kilometers north of the district town of Rio Maior on the eastern flank of the Serra dos Candeeiros .
Of particular importance is the megalithic chapel of Santa Maria Madalena , one of the ten largest chapels of this type on the Iberian Peninsula .
history
Megalithic finds prove a prehistoric settlement, in particular an approximately 5,000 year old Anta from the Neolithic Age . The place name goes back to the Moorish times, and developed from the Arabic al-coble for "small tower".
On July 4, 1536 Alcobertas became an independent municipality. It belonged to the Alcanede district until its dissolution on October 24, 1855. Since then, Alcobertas Rio Maior has been affiliated.
administration
Alcobertas is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Rio Maior , in the Santarém district . 1923 inhabitants live in the 32.03 km² large community (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities are in the municipality:
Azulejo table of the municipality of Alcobertas
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- Alcobertas
- Alqueidão
- Barbines
- Barreira da Mata
- Casais Monizes
- Casal da Velha
- Chaos
- Fonte Longa
- Portela de Teira
- Ribeira das Neves
- Ribeira de Cima
- Sourões
- Teira
- Vale Teira
economy
The production of poultry and pork is the mainstay of Alcoberta's economy. In addition, the shoe industry, construction industry, trade, and especially the mining of rock, especially basalt and limestone and its processing, should be mentioned.
Agriculture, which continued into the 1970s, has lost a lot of its importance. Some viticulture and the production of olive oil still play a role, but the cultivation of vegetables, cereals, beans, potatoes and fruit is now only a sideline.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Susana Feitor (* 1975), track and field athlete, Olympic walker
literature
- Thomas G. Schattner (Ed.): Archaeological guide through Portugal (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 74). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-8053-2313-1 p. 119
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Alcobertas at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Website of the Freguesia Alcobertas (Portuguese)
- Official website of the local government (Portuguese)
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
- ↑ a b Portrait of Alcoberta on the website of the municipal administration ( memento from November 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 31, 2015
