Alpedrinha

Alpedrinha
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District :	Castelo Branco
Concelho :	Fundão
Coordinates :	40 ° 6 ′ N , 7 ° 27 ′ W Coordinates: 40 ° 6 ′ N , 7 ° 27 ′ W
Residents:	1087 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	16.19 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	67 inhabitants per km²
Height:	556 m
Postal code :	6230-103
politics
Mayor :	Carlos Alberto Martins Ventura ( PPD / PSD )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Alpedrinha ; Rua Deão Boa Vida nº 14 ; 6230-103 Alpedrinha
Website:	www.jfalpedrinha.blogspot.de

Alpedrinha is a town and municipality in the central north of Portugal . The traditional shepherd's festival Transumância , which is also known as a gastronomic folk festival, is known nationwide .

The stake from 1675 as a sign of the city charter

history

Possibly a fortified Castro culture settlement already existed here when the Romans arrived . The Romans called the place Petratinia . Parts of a Roman road from the 1st century AD have been preserved here.

Presumably, the present-day town was rebuilt in the course of the settlement policy during the medieval Reconquista and in 1202 became the seat of the first administrative district.

In 1675 the place received city rights from King D. Pedro II and was elevated to a small town ( Vila ). It remained the administrative center until 1855, when the Alpedrinha district was dissolved. Since then, Alpedrinha has been a municipality in the Fundão district.

administration

Alpedrinha is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Fundão , in the district of Castelo Branco . 1087 inhabitants live in it on an area of 16 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

Population development in the municipality of Alpedrinha (1864–2011)

The following localities are in the municipality:

Alpedrinha
Monte da Touca
Quinta Álvaro Mendes
Quinta Anjo da Guarda
Quinta da Tapada
Quinta do Emeli
Quinta do Loureiro
Termas da Touca
Touca

Jorge da Costa

Sons and daughters of the church

Jorge da Costa (1406–1508), Cardinal, Archbishop of Lisbon

Web links

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

Alpedrinha municipality website (as blog)
News blog from Alpedrinha
Website of the municipality of Alpedrinha at the district administration Fundão
Entry on Alpedrinha near Mapas de Portugal

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 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
↑ English-language article on Transumância at www-shepherds-feasts.eu, accessed on October 15, 2016
^ Entry of the remains of the Roman road in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on October 15, 2016
↑ Local history in the entry of the stake of Alpedrinha (under Cronologia ) in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on October 15, 2016

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_PT_050406-1] www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[Fläche-2] Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

[3] English-language article on Transumância at www-shepherds-feasts.eu, accessed on October 15, 2016

[4] Entry of the remains of the Roman road in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on October 15, 2016

[5] Local history in the entry of the stake of Alpedrinha (under Cronologia ) in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on October 15, 2016