Arez
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Alto Alentejo | |||||
| District : | Portalegre | |||||
| Concelho : | Nisa | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 29 ′ N , 7 ° 44 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 256 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 55.75 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 4.6 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 6050-201 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Artur da Rosa Dias | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Arez Rua do Rossio nº 4 6050-201 Arez |
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Arez (officially, occasionally also Arêz or Arês ) is a small town ( Vila ) and former municipality in Portugal .
history
The place was created in the course of the settlement policy at the end of the Portuguese Reconquista , when the young Kingdom of Portugal took large parts of the Alentejo from the Moors . King Sancho I gave the local area to the Knights Templar in 1199 . The Templars settled here mainly settlers from southern France, who named the villages that were created here after French places, including Arez (from Arles ). The name of the district town Nisa (from Nice , French: Nice ) probably originated in this way, as well as names of other municipalities in the district, such as Montalvão (from Montauban ) and Tolosa (after Toulouse ).
Arez became an independent district in the 13th century, until the administrative reforms after the liberal Miguelistenkrieg in 1834. As a result, it was dissolved in 1836 and has since been a municipality of the Nisas district.
With the territorial reform of 2013, the municipality of Arez was dissolved and merged with Amieira do Tejo into a new municipality.
Culture and sights
Various sacred buildings are among the monuments of the community . In addition to chapels, a stone cross and the parish church, the single-nave Igreja da Misericórdia de Arez, probably built in 1618, should be mentioned with its Renaissance portal, wooden ceilings and the Mannerist altarpiece of the main altar.
administration
Arez was the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Nisa in the Portalegre district . 256 inhabitants lived in it on an area of 56 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The following villages are located in the former municipality:
- Arez
- Herdade de Maxial
- Horta do Póvoas
- Quinta do Figueiró
As part of the territorial reform of September 29, 2013 , the municipality of Arez was dissolved and merged with Amieira do Tejo to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Arez e Amieira do Tejo .
Web links
- Website of the municipality at the district
- Entry on Arez in the 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
- ^ History page of the district , accessed on July 24, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt
