Alcoentre
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Lezíria do Tejo | |||||
| District : | Lisbon | |||||
| Concelho : | Azambuja | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 13 ′ N , 8 ° 58 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 3448 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 47.05 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 73 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Francisco António Galvão Morgado | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Alcoentre Rua D. João I, nº 20 e 22, 2065-030 Alcoentre |
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| Website: | www.cm-azambuja.pt/autarquia/juntas-de-freguesia/alcoentre | |||||
Alcoentre is a Portuguese parish (" Freguesia ") in the Azambuja district , in the Lisbon district .
history
The place was founded during the Moorish rule, its name means 'little bridge' in Arabic . Alcoentre received its city rights (administrative rights "foral") in 1147 from King D. Afonso Henriques .
administration
The following places are located in the municipality of Alcoentre:
- Alcoentre
- Casais das Boiças
- Quebradas
- Tagarro
traffic
Trunk roads
The national road 1 (EN1 or N1), marked IC2, passes Alcoentre. It is connected to the A15 ( Rio Maior exit ) 12 km away . The place is connected to the A1 via the county road N366 and the Aveiras de Cima exit 11 km away .
railroad
The nearest train station is the county town of Azambuja and its train station on the Linha do Norte line , or Bombarral on the Linha do Oeste, 20 km away .
Local public transport
The district has a free bus line that runs through all municipalities to the district town. In addition, Alcoentre is integrated into the local transport network (bus) of the Rodoviária do Tejo .
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Alcoentre at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Alcoentre on the district administration website
- Official website of the municipal administration (in blog form)
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, page 19.
