Arega

Arega
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Region of Leiria
District :	Leiria
Concelho :	Figueiró dos Vinhos
Coordinates :	39 ° 51 ′  N , 8 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 51 ′  N , 8 ° 19 ′  W
Residents:	870 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	28.64 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	30 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3260-070
politics
Mayor :	Nuno Filipe Conceição Rodrigues
Website:	www.cm-figueirodosvinhos.pt/arega

Arega is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Figueiró dos Vinhos . It has 870 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

geography

Arega is 8 km south of the district town of Figueiró dos Vinhos.

history

The place received its first town charter ( Foral ) in 1071, and after the independence of the Kingdom of Portugal (1139) for the first time in 1201. Arega belonged to the Maçãs de Dona Maria district until 1855 , and since then has been affiliated to the Figueiró dos Vinhos district.

Web links

• Website of the municipality at the district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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. ↑ www.cm-figueirodosvinhos.pt ( Memento of November 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 23, 2012