Alcochete (Freguesia)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Lisboa | |||||
| Sub-region : | Lisbon metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | Setubal | |||||
| Concelho : | Alcochete | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 45 ′ N , 8 ° 58 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 12,239 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 119.44 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 102 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | António das Neves Boieiro | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Alcochete Rua Ruy de Sousa Vinagre 2890-090 Alcochete |
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| Website: | www.freguesiadealcochete.pt | |||||
Alcochete is a municipality (Freguesia) in the district of the same name (Município) of Alcochete with an area of 119.4 km² and 12,239 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). This results in a population density of 102.5 inhabitants per km².
geography
nature
The headquarters of the Reserva Natural do Estuário do Tejo (Tejo Estuary Nature Reserve) is located in the municipality.
history
Around four kilometers east of Alcochete, near today's main road N 118, is Porto dos Cacos , an archaeological site and ancient Roman port on the right bank of the Ribeira das Enguias with finds from the 1st to 5th centuries.
The birth of the future king of Portugal Manuel I in 1469 is historically significant for the municipality .
cities and communes
The municipality (Freguesia) Alcochete is made up of 3 municipalities:
swell
- Page no longer available , search in web archives: Statistics of the Câmera Municipal de Alcochete (PDF; 1.9 MB)
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
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Alcochete at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército