Alfarelos

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Alfarelos
coat of arms map
Alfarelos coat of arms
Alfarelos (Portugal)
Alfarelos
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Coimbra
District : Coimbra
Concelho : Soure
Coordinates : 40 ° 9 ′  N , 8 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 9 ′  N , 8 ° 39 ′  W
Residents: 1439 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 13.98 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 103 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor : Antonio Travassos Rodrigues Serrano
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Alfarelos
R. Virgílio Pinheiro 1
3130-001 Alfarelos
Website: www.cm-soure.pt/freguesias-alfarelos.html

Alfarelos is a municipality (Freguesia) in the district (Município) of Soure with 14 km² and 1439 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). This results in a population density of 102.9 inhabitants per km².

history

The local government ( Junta de Freguesia ) in Alfarelos

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1231 under the name Alfarelas , (in German: subsection). It is not known whether the name can be traced back to the presence of the Arabs at the time . Settlement during antiquity can be proven by underground passages and an old Roman road.

With the renewal of the city rights ( Foral ) for Montemor-o-Velho , King Manuel I also confirmed that Alfarelos belonged to the Montemor-o-Velho district. In 1880 the parish became part of the county of Soure. In April 1928 the place was raised to a Vila (small town).

societies

Sports

  • Grupo Desportivo Alfarelense (Sports Club)
  • Clube Desportivo Caça e Pesca (Hunting and Fishing Association)

Culture

administration

Church in Casal do Redinho

The following places are located in the municipality of Alfarelos:

  • Alfarelos
  • Apeadeiro
  • Casal do Redinho
  • Fonte dos Cães
  • Santa Isabel
  • Quinta de Arnes

traffic

View of the Alfarelos / Granja do Ulmeiro train station

Alfarelos is connected to the Linha do Norte (Lisbon – Porto) railway . The Ramal de Alfarelos route also connects the town to the Linha do Oeste with its terminus Sintra and Figueira da Foz . Although the station bears the name of the place, it is actually in Granja do Ulmeiro, about two kilometers away .

On January 21, 2013, one of the most serious accidents in the country occurred there. 15 people were injured in the violent collision between a regional train and an intercity train .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ www.cm-soure.pt , accessed on November 10, 2012
  4. ↑ 15 hurt in Portugal train crash - World News | IOL News | IOL.co.za (English) January 22, 2013