Alenquer (Portugal)

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Alenquer
coat of arms map
Alenquer coat of arms
Alenquer (Portugal)
Alenquer
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Oeste
District : Lisbon
Concelho : Alenquer
Coordinates : 39 ° 3 '  N , 9 ° 1'  W Coordinates: 39 ° 3 '  N , 9 ° 1'  W
Residents: 43,257 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 304.22 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 142 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 2580
Alenquer district
flag map
Flag of Alenquer Location of the Alenquer district
Residents: 43,257 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 304.22 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 142 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 11
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Alenquer
Praça Luis de
Camoes 2580-318 Alenquer
President of the Câmara Municipal: Jorge Manuel da Cunha Mendes Riso
Website: www.cm-alenquer.pt

Alenquer is a small town ( Vila ) in the Oeste sub-region in Portugal with 43,257 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

View of Alenquer

There was already a settlement in the nearby Pedra do Ouro in the Copper Age . The city ​​of Alenquer, founded by Alans in the first half of the 5th century , still has an Alanian war dog, an Alaunt , in its coat of arms. Alenquer received royal town charter in 1212 .

Alenquer was home to a significant Jewish community. The place is now part of the Rede de Judiarias , the Route of Historic Jewish Places in Portugal.

administration

The circle

Alenquer is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Lisbon district . The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Cadaval , Azambuja , Vila Franca de Xira , Arruda dos Vinhos , Sobral de Monte Agraço and Torres Vedras .

Alenquer Town Hall

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 16 to eleven.

The following eleven municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Alenquer district:

Alenquer district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Abrigada e Cabanas de Torres 4,309 46.15 93 110117
Aldeia Galega da Merceana e Aldeia Gavinha 3,221 27.96 115 110118
Alenquer (Santo Estêvão e Triana) 10,821 50.08 216 110119
Carnota 1,671 18.09 92 110106
Carregado e Cadafais 13,441 24.52 548 110120
Meca 1,719 14.12 122 110107
Olhalvo 1,907 8.30 230 110108
Ota 1,289 46.32 28 110109
Ribafria e Pereiro de Palhacana 1,547 18.34 84 110121
Ventosa 2,170 22.21 98 110113
Vila Verde dos Francos 1,162 28.13 41 110114
Alenquer district 43,257 304.22 142 1101

Population development

Alley in the historic center of Alenquer
Population in the Alenquer district (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
10,569 10,005 24,774 30,015 34,998 34,575 34,098 39,180 43,267

Buildings

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Alenquer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014