Cantanhede

Cantanhede
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Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Region of Coimbra
District :	Coimbra
Concelho :	Cantanhede
Freguesia :	União das Freguesias de Cantanhede e Pocariça
Coordinates :	40 ° 21 ′  N , 8 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 21 ′  N , 8 ° 36 ′  W
Postal code :	3060
Cantanhede district
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Residents:	36,595 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	390.88 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	94 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	14th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Cantanhede Praça Marquês de Marialva 3060-133 Cantanhede
Website:	www.cm-cantanhede.pt

Cantanhede is a cidade and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal with 7730 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The town hall ( Câmara Municipal ) of Cantanhede

São Pedro Church from the late 16th century

On September 29, 2013, the municipalities of Cantanhede and Pocariça were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Cantanhede e Pocariça . Cantanhede is the seat of this newly formed community.

history

Finds show that the area was settled at least since the Middle Paleolithic . The present place was first mentioned in 1057 when D.Sisnando had the area fortified and settled. On May 20, 1514, King Manuel I renewed the former city ​​rights ( Foral ) granted by King Afonso II .

According to Fernão Lopes , King Pedro I announced his posthumous marriage to the murdered Inês de Castro here in 1360 .

On August 16, 1991, the previous Vila (small town) Cantanhede was elevated to a Cidade (town).

administration

Cantanhede district

Cantanhede is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring districts are Vagos , Oliveira do Bairro and Anadia in the north, Mealhada in the east , Coimbra in the south, Montemor-o-Velho and Figueira da Foz in the south, Mira in the south-west and the Atlantic Ocean in the west .

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 19 to 14.

The following municipalities are in the Cantanhede district:

Cantanhede district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Ançã	2,625	18.10	145	060201
Cadima	2,963	26.99	110	060203
Cantanhede e Pocariça	8,839	54.09	163	060220
Cordinhã	1,034	9.92	104	060205
Covões e Camarneira	2,979	36.86	81	060221
Febres	3,352	22.94	146	060207
Murtede	1,431	20.17	71	060208
Ourentã	1,208	18.36	66	060209
Portunhos e Outil	2,045	30.72	67	060222
Sanguinheira	1,901	26.60	71	060218
Sao Caetano	801	19.04	42	060215
Sepins e Bolho	1.924	17.61	109	060223
Tocha	3,992	78.44	51	060214
Vilamar e Corticeiro de Cima	1,501	11.05	136	060224
Cantanhede district	36,595	390.88	94	0602

Population development

Population in the Cantanhede district (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
10,759	14,967	27,796	33,696	41,303	38,717	37,140	37,910	36,595

Town twinning

•  Brazil : Cantanhede ( Maranhão State )
•  Portugal : Rio Maior
•  Portugal : Mêda
•  France : Alfortville

economy

Cantanhede is known nationwide and internationally for its wines, especially red wine. It is also a focus of the country's watch and jewelry production.

In the municipalities of Cantanhede, Febres , Murtede and Tocha are the four industrial areas of the district, the Parques Industriais , in which a large number of manufacturing, administration and logistics companies have settled. In the Beira Atlântico Parque - Parque Tecnológico e Cultural de Cantanhede (German: Atlantic Park of the Beira Region - Cantanhede Culture and Technology Park ), in addition to the New Economy , biotechnology , oenology and forest science are the main focus .

Agriculture and some tourism, especially on the beaches of the municipality of Tocha, should also be mentioned.

traffic

Since the suspension of the Ramal da Figueira da Foz in 2009, Cantanhede no longer has its own railway connection; the nearest train station is now the Linha do Norte stop in Mealhada , 13 km away .

Via the motorway network, Cantanhede can be reached via the Mealhada junction on the A1 , 13 km away , via the Ançã junction on the A14 , 10 km away , and via the Tocha junction on the A17, 15 km away .

sons and daughters of the town

Pedro Teixeiras monument in Cantanhede

Luís de Meneses' monument in Cantanhede

• Pedro Teixeira (1585–1641), discoverer and explorer of the Amazon
• António Luís de Meneses, 1st Marquês de Marialva (1603–1675), Portuguese general of the War of Restoration
• João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa (1810–1888), Archbishop of Braga and Patriarch of the East Indies (Goa)
• Jaime Cortesão (1884–1960), doctor, politician, historian and author.
• Auzenda de Oliveira (1888–1960), actress
• António Fragoso (1897–1918), composer, pianist and author
• Augusto Abelaira (1926–2003), journalist and writer
• Luís Filipe (* 1979), football player
• Carlos Pereira Rodrigues (* 1981), football player

Web links

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

• Map of the Freguesia Cantanhede at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website

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
3. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014
4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed December 28, 2012
5. ↑ www.cm-cantanhede.pt ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 28, 2012 
6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
7. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed December 28, 2012