Carregal do Sal

Carregal do Sal
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Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Dão-Lafoes
District :	Viseu
Concelho :	Carregal do Sal
Coordinates :	40 ° 26 ′  N , 8 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 26 ′  N , 8 ° 0 ′  W
Residents:	9835 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	116.89 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	84 inhabitants per km²
Carregal do Sal district
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Residents:	9835 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	116.89 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	84 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	5
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Carregal do Sal Rua S. João de Deus 3430-909 Carregal do Sal
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Rogério Abrantes ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-csal.pt

Carregal do Sal is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 9835 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Finds and excavations prove a prehistoric settlement of the district area. The current circle was only created in the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the subsequent Miguelistenkrieg . It emerged in 1836 from the amalgamation of the previously independent circles Oliveira do Conde and Currelos .

The Dólmen da Orca

Culture and sights

The architectural monuments include mansions , stone fountains, historical public buildings and a variety of sacred buildings , including the Gothic Igreja Matriz de Oliveira do Conde (also Igreja de São Pedro ). The historic town center as a whole is also a listed building.

The listed house of Aristides de Sousa Mendes is located in the municipality of Cabanas de Viriato and is to be converted into a memorial center for him. As a diplomat in France, he enabled tens of thousands to flee National Socialism , contrary to the instructions of his government, the Salazar regime.

In Fiais da Telha , a village in the municipality of Oliveira do Conde , you can visit a well-preserved dolmen , the Dólmen da Orca .

administration

The circle

Carregal do Sal is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Nelas , Oliveira do Hospital , Tábua , Santa Comba Dão and Tondela .

With the territorial reform in September 2013, the municipalities ( Freguesias ) Currelos (Carregal do Sal), Papízios and Sobral (formerly Sobral de Papízios) were combined to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Currelos, Papízios e Sobral . Since then, the district has consisted of the following five municipalities:

Carregal do Sal district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Beijós	975	12.53	78	180201
Cabanas de Viriato	1,533	21.47	71	180202
Currelos, Papízios e Sobral	3,399	35.99	94	180208
Oliveira do Conde	3.122	35.24	89	180204
Parada	806	11.66	69	180206
Carregal do Sal district	9,835	116.89	84	1802

Population development

Population in Carregal do Sal County (1801–2011)
1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004	2011
8,650	14,106	14,946	13,468	11,137	10,992	10,411	10,555	9835

Municipal holiday

• third Monday in July

traffic

Carregal do Sal is on the Linha da Beira Alta railway line .

The IC12 expressway leads past the village. In a northerly direction it soon merges into the national road N234, which is connected to the A25 motorway at the Mangualde junction 35 km away . In a southerly direction of travel, the IC12 leads to the IP3 expressway 10 km away.

Aristides de Sousa Mendes

Carregal do Sal is part of the national bus network of Rede Expressos .

Sons and daughters

• Luís António de Soveral Tavares (1800–1883), lawyer, activist of liberalism
• Silvério Augusto de Abranches Coelho e Moura (1813–1896), liberal politician
• Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885–1954), diplomat, rescuer of tens of thousands of refugees in World War II
• Aureliano Lima (1916–1984), sculptor
• Dina (1956-2019), singer

Web links

Commons : Carregal do Sal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

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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. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed March 9, 2013
4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on March 9, 2013
5. ↑ ditto
6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014