Candal
| Candal | ||||||
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Dão-Lafoes | |||||
| District : | Viseu | |||||
| Concelho : | Sao Pedro do Sul | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 51 ′ N , 8 ° 11 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 118 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 20.56 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 5.7 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 3660-042 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Manuel Braz Pinho | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Candal J.F.Candal 3660-042 Candal |
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| Website: | www.candal.jfreguesia.com | |||||
Candal is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of São Pedro do Sul . 118 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).
geography
Candal is located 20 km north of the county town of São Pedro do Sul.
history
Remains of a hill fort (port .: Castro) of the Celtiberians and various traces of the subsequent Roman occupation, such as burial sites , were found in the municipality . The current place was first officially mentioned in a document from 1257, as part of the municipality of Alafões . In 1527 Candal was part of the municipality of Carvalhais , and from 1896 belonged to the municipality of Covelo de Paivó . Shortly afterwards the community became independent.
Culture and sights
The preserved town center of Candal has a number of houses in the typical regional slate building style. The place is part of the 27 historical slate villages, the Aldeias do Xisto .
Among the six listed buildings of the municipality is the bridge over the river Ribeira de Paivô , and the older main church ( Igreja Matriz ) of the village, the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Natividade (English: Church of Our Lady of the Fertility).
The coveted ore was mined in the now disused tungsten mines during the Second World War .
The area around the place is determined by the wooded elevations of the Serra da Arada , and by watercourses and small waterfalls. Hiking trails run through the community.
administration
The municipality consists of the following localities:
- Candal
- Póvoa das Leiras
- Coelheira
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of May 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
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
- ↑ www.candal.jfreguesia.com http://candal.jfreguesia.com/historia.php ( Memento from January 27, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) , accessed on November 25, 2012
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on November 25, 2012
