Aldeia da Mata
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Alto Alentejo | |||||
| District : | Portalegre | |||||
| Concelho : | Crato | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 18 ′ N , 7 ° 44 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 374 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 37.28 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 10 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 7430-027 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Hélder Francisco Martinho Serra ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Aldeia da Mata Rua Dr. Joaquim Tavares Machado, 9 7430-027 Aldeia da Mata |
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| Website: | www.jf-aldeiadamata.pt | |||||
Aldeia da Mata is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Crato with 374 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
A number of megalithic systems prove a prehistoric settlement. The Romans also settled here, as u. a. the excavations of fortifications and a Roman cemetery from the 3rd century BC Prove.
Nothing specific is known about the place from the time up to the end of the Portuguese Reconquista . The present village was probably repopulated after 1230 , when King D.Sancho II gave the area to the Hospitaller Order. Aldeia da Mata has existed as an independent municipality since the 17th century.
Culture and sights
In addition to a large number of sacred buildings , stone fountains, historic houses and bridges, the Anta do Tapadão and the Anta dos Penedos de São Miguel , in particular, are under monument protection, two about 5,000 year old tombs (Portuguese Antas ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on July 20, 2013
- ↑ ditto
- ^ History page on the parish website ( memento of November 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 20, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 20, 2013
