Azambuja

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Azambuja
coat of arms map
Azambuja Coat of Arms
Azambuja (Portugal)
Azambuja
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Lezíria do Tejo
District : Lisbon
Concelho : Azambuja
Coordinates : 39 ° 4 ′  N , 8 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 4 ′  N , 8 ° 52 ′  W
Residents: 8190 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 83.4 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 98 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 2050-397
politics
Mayor : António Manuel Montez Amaral ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Azambuja
Rua da Junta de Freguesia, nº 3
2050-397 Azambuja
Azambuja County
flag map
Flag of Azambuja Location of Azambuja district
Residents: 21,814 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 262.66 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 83 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 7th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Azambuja
Praça do Município, nº 19
2050-315 Azambuja
President of the Câmara Municipal: Luís Manuel Abreu de Sousa ( PS )
Website: www.cm-azambuja.pt

Azambuja is a small town ( Vila ) in Portugal with 8190 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The stake, symbol of the city rights of Azambuja

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement at least since the Copper Age . The Romans called the place Oleastrum , which belonged to the province of Lusitania . After the invasion of Germanic tribes, Azambuja became part of the Visigoth Empire . With the conquest of the Moors in 711 , the place became Arabic and was called Azanbujâ (wild olive tree ).

During the Reconquista , Portugal's first king, D.Afonso Henriques , conquered the area. He gave the place, now called Vila Franca , in 1147 to D.Childe Rolim, son of the Earl of Chester , in recognition of the services rendered in the conquest of Lisbon in 1147 . King D.Sancho I gave Vila Franca first town rights in 1200 and handed the area over to D.Rolim de Moura, son of D.Childe Rolim, for further settlement. In 1218 King D.Afonso II confirmed the town charter of the place that was now known as Azambuja. In 1296 King D Dinis had the Pinhal de Azambuja (German: Azambuja pine forest) built near Azambuja , to which Almeida Garrett later referred more often in his Viagens da Minha Terra (German: about trips through the homeland). King Manuel I renewed Azambuia's city rights in 1513 .

Over the centuries that followed, Azambuja County gradually grew. In the course of the various administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the district was first expanded to include Aveiras de Cima and Aveiras de Baixo and should then be dissolved and Cartaxo incorporated . After resistance from the population, the independent district of Azambuja remained and received the communities of Vila Nova da Rainha , Manique do Intendente and Alcoentre , in the course of the dissolution of the previously independent district of Alcoentre. The circle has existed in its current composition since the end of the 19th century.

At the end of 1963, a Ford assembly plant opened here , which was integrated into the neighboring General Motors ( Opel ) plant in 2000 . Production of the Opel Combo was stopped there at the end of 2006, relocated to Saragossa (Spain) and the Azambuja plant closed.

The parish church, with figures and the stake

Attractions

The Copper Age settlement of Vila Nova de São Pedro is located northwest of the A1 motorway near Cartaxo .

The architectural monuments of Azambuja also include various mansions and a large number of residential buildings from different eras, two gardens, the stone fountain Fonte Santo António , and a number of historical public and private buildings, including the bullring and the train station decorated with azulejos . Some sacred buildings should also be mentioned, such as the Mannerist - Baroque parish church Igreja Paroquial de Azambuja from the 16th century, which is also called Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (English: Church of Our Lady of the Assumption) after its patron saint .

The historic town center is also protected as a whole.

administration

The circle

Azambuja is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ). On June 30, 2011 the district had 21,814 inhabitants on an area of ​​262.7 km².

The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Rio Maior , Santarém , Cartaxo , Salvaterra de Magos , Benavente , Vila Franca de Xira , Alenquer and Cadaval .

With the territorial reform of September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Manique do Intendente , Maçussa and Vila Nova de São Pedro were combined to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Manique do Intendente, Vila Nova de São Pedro e Maçussa , so that the number of municipalities from before nine reduced to seven.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in Azambuja County:

Azambuja County
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Alcoentre 3,448 47.05 73 110301
Aveiras de Baixo 1.317 18.90 70 110302
Aveiras de Cima 4,762 26.16 182 110303
Azambuja 8,190 83.40 98 110304
Manique do Intendente, Vila Nova de São Pedro e Maçussa 2,291 57.81 40 110310
Vale do Paraíso 880 4.44 198 110306
Vila Nova da Rainha 926 24.90 37 110307
Azambuja County 21,814 262.66 83 1103

Population development

Population in Azambuja County (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
3,402 3,514 11,446 14,035 18,218 19,768 19,568 20,837 21,814

Municipal holiday

Town twinning

The listed Azambuja train station

traffic

Azambuja is on the country's main railway line, the Linha do Norte .

The N3 national road connects the town with junction no. 4 of the A1 motorway , about 8 km to the south , near Carregado , not far from the motorway junction with the A10 motorway . Aveiras de Cima , about 7 km north of the county road M513, has a further access to the A1 with junction no. 5.

In addition to the various private bus lines that provide regional and national public transport in the district , the city administration maintains a free minibus line that connects the districts with Azambuja on Mondays in order to enable all citizens to deal with authorities and to do things there, especially older or poor residents.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

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. ↑ 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.verportugal.net , accessed October 11, 2013
  5. ^ Castro de Vila Nova de São Pedro. In: Pesquisa Geral - Pesquisa do Patrimonio. Direção Geral do Património Cultural , accessed March 23, 2018 (Portuguese).
  6. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on October 16, 2013
  7. ↑ ditto
  8. ↑ ditto
  9. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  10. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on October 16, 2013
  11. ↑ Website for the city bus route , accessed on October 16, 2013
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