Almoster (Alvaiázere)
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Region of Leiria | |||||
District : | Leiria | |||||
Concelho : | Alvaiázere | |||||
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 |
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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
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:
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Web links
- Official website of the local government
- The congregation on the district website ( memento from April 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
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
- ↑ Community website (under História / Breve Resenha ), accessed on September 27, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on September 27, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on September 27, 2013
- ↑ ditto