Alvaiázere

Alvaiázere
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Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Region of Leiria
District :	Leiria
Concelho :	Alvaiázere
Coordinates :	39 ° 49 ′  N , 8 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 49 ′  N , 8 ° 23 ′  W
Residents:	1685 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	31.72 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3250-185
politics
Mayor :	Vítor Manuel de Barros Joaquim
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Alvaiázere Rua 15 de Maio, nº 4 3250-185 Alvaiázere
Alvaiázere district
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Residents:	7287 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	160.47 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	45 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	5
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Alvaiázere Praça do Município 3250-100 Alvaiázere
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Paulo Tito Delgado Morgado ( PSD )
Website:	www.cm-alvaiazere.pt

Alvaiázere is a small town ( Vila ) with 1685 inhabitants in the Portuguese region of Centro . It is the seat of a district ( concelho ) with 7287 inhabitants on an area of ​​160.5 km² ( as of June 30, 2011 ).

history

The Igreja Matriz de Alvaiázere church

The place goes back to a Bronze Age settlement of the Castro culture . The Romans , who arrived from the 2nd century on , settled in the settlement, as evidenced by finds such as coins or everyday objects. In the course of their conquest in 711 , the Moors took the place that owes its current name to this time. It probably goes back to the Arabic al-bai-zir ("aromatic plants") and probably got its current form via Alva-Varze and Alva Várzea . Other theories see the Arabic al-Baiaz ("the falconer ") as the origin of the place name.

King D.Sancho II repopulated the place, which was destroyed in the course of the Reconquista , and gave it first city rights in 1200 . In 1385 Alvaiázere was elevated to a vila (small town with administrative rights) by King D. João I and has since been the seat of its own district. In 1514 King D. Manuel I renewed the town charter .

On September 29, 2013, the municipality of Maçãs de Caminho was incorporated into Alvaiázere.

administration

Alvaiázere district

Alvaiázere is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Leiria district . The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Ansião , Figueiró dos Vinhos , Ferreira do Zêzere , Vila Nova de Ourém and Pombal .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , one municipality was dissolved and two municipalities merged, so that the number of district municipalities decreased from seven to five.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Alvaiázere district:

Alvaiázere district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Almoster	674	25.84	26th	100201
Alvaiázere	2,049	38.52	53	100208
Maças de Dona Maria	1,835	24.54	75	100204
Pelmá	736	30.39	24	100205
Pussos São Pedro	1.993	41.18	48	100209
Alvaiázere district	7,287	160.47	45	1002

Population development

Population in the Alvaiázere district (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004	2006	2011
3,477	6,426	11,936	12,870	13,583	10,510	9,306	8,438	8,112	7,941	7,287

Municipal holiday

• June 13th

Town twinning

•  Mozambique : Matola (since 2008)

Sons and daughters

• Fernando Lopes (1935–2012), film director, co-founder of Novo Cinemas
• Arlindo de Carvalho (* 1945), politician, Minister of Health in the Cavaco Silva II cabinet (until 1991)

Web links

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

• Map of the Freguesia Alvaiázere at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website of the city administration

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. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ ^{a b} www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on September 27, 2013
5. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 30 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
6. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on September 27, 2013
7. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on September 27, 2013
8. ↑ ^{a b} Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
9. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on September 27, 2013

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