Caranguejeira
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Region of Leiria | |||||
District : | Leiria | |||||
Concelho : | Leiria | |||||
Coordinates : | 39 ° 45 ′ N , 8 ° 42 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 4691 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 30.99 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 151 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 2420-091 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Joaquim Carreira Mónico | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Caranguejeira Rua do Comércio, nº 54 2420-091 Caranguejeira |
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Website: | www.viladacaranguejeira.com |
Caranguejeira is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Leiria . It has a population of 4691 (as of June 30, 2011).
history
The parish was created in the 16th century by splitting off from the parish of Espite . In 2001 the place was elevated to a vila (small town).
Culture and sights
In addition to the primary school, a stone cross and the Ermida de São Bartolomeu chapel , the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Caranguejeira (also Igreja de São Cristóvão ), built in the 18th century, is one of the parish's architectural monuments.
administration
Caranguejeira is the seat of a municipality of the same name. The neighboring municipalities are (starting in the north clockwise) Colmeias , Memória , Espite , Matas , Cercal , Arrabal , Pousos , Santa Eufémia and Boa Vista .
The following places are in the municipality of Caranguejeira:
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Sons and daughters
- Joaquim Carreira das Neves (* 1934), theologian
- Almerindo da Silva Marques (* 1939), economist and manager
Web links
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.memoriaportuguesa.com ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 26, 2012
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on December 26, 2012