Alvalade (Santiago do Cacém)

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Alvalade
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The coat of arms is still missing
Alvalade (Portugal)
Alvalade
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Alentejo Littoral
District : Setubal
Concelho : Santiago do Cacém
Coordinates : 37 ° 56 ′  N , 8 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 56 ′  N , 8 ° 24 ′  W
Residents: 2098 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 161.82 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 13 inhabitants per km²

Alvalade is a Portuguese municipality ( Freguesia ) and small town ( Vila ) in the district ( Concelho , also Município ) of Santiago do Cacém , with an area of ​​161.8 km² with 2098 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). The population density is 13 inhabitants per km².

Alvalade railway station has been closed since 2004

Alvalade already received town charter in 1834 . Today Alvalade is an agricultural center with a few poultry farms. Alvalade dates back to the time of the Moors (around 900). The name of the place means al-balad in Arabic, surrounded by walls. The town center with a church and a small market square is typical of the Alentejo and is well preserved.

Other places that belong to the municipality are Vila de Mimosa, Carapetal, Daroeira, Vale de Lobo, Borbolegas and Fontainhas.

Alvalade in the Alentejo

Historical buildings

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

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