Almoster (Alvaiázere)

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Almoster
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Almoster (Portugal)
Almoster
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Leiria
District : Leiria
Concelho : Alvaiázere
Coordinates : 39 ° 50 ′  N , 8 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 50 ′  N , 8 ° 27 ′  W
Residents: 674 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 25.84 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 26 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 3250-021
politics
Mayor : Paulo Sérgio Marques Reis Silva
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Almoster
Rua da Igreja, nº 40
3250-021 Almoster
Website: www.freguesiadealmoster.pt

Almoster is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) Alvaiázere , in central Portugal . It has a population of 674 (as of June 30, 2011).

history

The place was first mentioned in 1220 in the surveys of King D.Afonso II , but it is older. So its name is probably of Arabic origin. In connection with the Napoleonic invasions , the place suffered severe destruction in 1810 by the French invading army under General Masséna .

Attractions

Among the monuments of the municipality include the watermill Moinho de Água no Olho do Tordo and some religious buildings , including the ruins of the parish church from the 17th century, fell into disrepair since the destruction by French troops 1810th

The Fonte da Escuza fountain is also worth seeing .

administration

Location of the Almoster commune in the Alvaiázere district

Almoster is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the Alvaiázere district, in the Leiria district .

The following localities are in the municipality:

  • Aldeia Nova
  • Almoster
  • Ariques
  • Bemposta
  • Bouxinhas
  • Candal
  • Casal de Além
  • Casal do Mouco
  • Casal Novo
  • Casal da Rainha
  • Castelejo
  • Dedona
  • Fojo
  • Galiota
  • Macieira
  • Mouta
  • Murtal
  • Outeiro das Pontes
  • Pechins
  • Ponte Nova
  • Ponte Velha
  • Quinta dos Ciprestes
  • Romila
  • Santa Cruz
  • Santiago
  • Vale da Couda

Web links

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. ↑ Community website (under História / Breve Resenha ), accessed on September 27, 2013
  4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on September 27, 2013
  5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on September 27, 2013
  6. ↑ ditto