Alfornelos
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| Region : | Lisboa | ||||
| Sub-region : | Lisbon metropolitan area | ||||
| District : | Lisbon | ||||
| Concelho : | Amadora | ||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 46 ′ N , 9 ° 12 ′ W | ||||
| Residents: | 10,411 (as of June 30, 2011) | ||||
| Surface: | 84 ha (as of January 1, 2010) | ||||
| Population density : | 12,394 inhabitants per km² | ||||
Alfornelos is a freguesia (municipality) in the concelho ( district or municipality ) of Amadora . 10,411 people live in an area of 0.8 km² (as of June 30, 2011). The population density is thus 12,324 inhabitants per km ².
The church was organized on July 12, 1997 by splitting off from the Brandoa Ward .
Surname
At the beginning of the 20th century, when the region developed into an urban settlement, the name Casal de Alfornel was coined, translated into German as "Neu-Alfornel". In search of the further origin of the name, which can be found in the Arabic Al-Forner, which means those who work on the oven (forneiro) , it is the place of the bakers .
geography
Alfornelos is flanked by two hills, a spring (on the border with Odivelas district ) and another hill in the northeast, on the border with the neighboring municipality of Brandoa.
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
- ↑ Origin of the name ( memento of February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), on the website of the municipality (Portuguese)
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Alfornelos at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Website of the municipality ( Memento of November 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese)