Casais (Lousada)
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Norte | |||||
Sub-region : | Tâmega e Sousa | |||||
District : | postage | |||||
Concelho : | Lousada | |||||
Coordinates : | 41 ° 16 ′ N , 8 ° 18 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 1409 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 2.46 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 573 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 4620-091 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Manuel Joaquim da Mota e Sousa ( PSD ) | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Casais Urbanização Covilhô, n.º 16 4620-091 Casais |
Casais is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Lousada . 1409 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).
history
The current place was probably created in the course of the repopulation after the Reconquista . In the royal surveys of 1258 , Casais was already run as a separate municipality.
Culture and sights
The single-nave, Mannerist - Baroque parish church Igreja Paroquial de Casais ( also Igreja de São Paio after its patron saint ) dates from the 17th century.
Other monuments in the municipality are two chapels and the Quinta da Tapada estate , with mansions and a chapel.
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.monumentos.pt under Cronologia , accessed on August 22, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on August 22, 2013
- ↑ ditto