Alhandra (Vila Franca de Xira)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Lisboa | |||||
| Sub-region : | Lisbon metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | Lisbon | |||||
| Concelho : | Vila Franca de Xira | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 55 ' N , 9 ° 1' W | |||||
| Residents: | 6049 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 2.34 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 2585 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 2600 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Luís Filipe Simões Dias | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Alhandra Pç. 7 Março 1843, nº 20 2600-513 Alhandra |
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| Website: | www.alhandra.net | |||||
Alhandra is a municipality ( freguesia ) and small town ( Vila ) in the district of Vila Franca de Xira . The community is 2.3 km² and has 6049 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
It is believed that it was founded during the time of the Moorish administration in the 8th century. The place, which was previously called Torre Negra (German: Black Tower), received its first town charter ( Foral ) in 1203. Alhandra was an independent district until 1855, when it was attached to the concelho of Vila Franca de Xira.
Alhandra was part of the Linhas de Torres Vedras line of fortifications against the Napoleonic invasion forces under General Massena . Major battles took place here in 1810.
Since the middle of the 19th century, a number of industrial companies have settled here, including the textile industry and various companies in the food industry, due to the productive agriculture (including rice) and livestock (wool) in the municipality. The cement factory founded in 1894 (today Cimpor ) was characteristic of the place .
traffic
Alhandra is on the Linha do Norte .
Sons and daughters
- Afonso de Albuquerque (1453–1515), navigator and politician
- José Tomás de Sousa Martins (1843–1897), doctor and university professor
- Helena Costa (* 1978), soccer player and coach
- João José Pereira (* 1987), triathlete
Web links
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
- ↑ www.alhandra.net (under A Freguesia / História ) ( Memento of November 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 16, 2012
