Carapinheira

Carapinheira
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Region of Coimbra
District :	Coimbra
Concelho :	Montemor-o-Velho
Coordinates :	40 ° 13 ′  N , 8 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 13 ′  N , 8 ° 39 ′  W
Residents:	2898 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	15.9 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	182 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3140-077
politics
Mayor :	Victor Manuel Pardal Monteiro ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Carapinheira Rua da Igreja nº 53 3140-077 Carapinheira
Website:	www.jfcarapinheira.pt

Carapinheira is a small town and municipality in Portugal .

Location of the municipality of Carapinheira in the district of Montemor-o-Velho

history

Finds prove a settlement even before the arrival of the Romans , for example in Bandorreira. The current village of Alhastro goes back to the Roman- Phoenician settlement Villa de Oleastro , while Lavariz is believed to have been after the Germanic invasions in the 5th century BC. When Villa Leoderici was built.

The first written mention of Alhastro comes from the year 954, when the Mozarab Rodrigues Abulmundar assigned the place together with Tentúgal and Sendelgas to the Lorvão monastery. After completing the Christian Reconquista , King D. Afonso III. Alhastro city rights.

The place Carapinheira is documented for the first time in a letter from King D. Afonso V of June 16, 1450, when João Eanes da Carapinheira, who came from here, was appointed guardian of the Botelha à Torre forest . Since the 16th century there have been frequent mentions of the place that show a clear economic development, probably as a result of the beginning of maize cultivation .

Carapinheira has been an independent municipality in the Montemor-o-Velho district since 1936. In 1990 the place was raised to a small town ( Vila ).

administration

Population development in the municipality of Carapinheira

Carapinheira is the seat of a parish of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Montemor-o-Velho , in the Coimbra district . 2898 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).

The following places are in the municipality:

Alhastro Arneiro Bandorreira Boleta Cabeça Gorda Cabeço Cabral Carapinheira Casal do Além Casal dos Alhos Casal da Areia Casal dos Carrilhos Casal do Corço Casal do Frade

Casal dos Nobres Casal do Mato Casal do Meio Casal dos Moutinhos Casal do Simão Casais Prantos Chãs Corgo Cruz de Santo Antonio Estrada Fontaínhas Fonte Cortiça Lavariz Lomba

Malta Madorno Monte Areias Nobrezos Palheiros Pelâmes Pinhal do Cruz Pinhal de Segundo Porto Luzío Quintã Rego do Rei S. Geraldo Valforno Vale do Negro

Web links

• Official website of the municipality of Carapinheira (port.)

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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ Portrait of the community of Carapinheira ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2011 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. (under selection Carapinheira ) on the website of the Montemor-o-Velho district administration, accessed on November 7, 2015  
4. ↑ History of the community of Carapinheira ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 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. on the website of the municipal administration, accessed on November 7, 2015