Casal Vasco
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| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Beiras e Serra da Estrela | |||||
| District : | Guarda | |||||
| Concelho : | Fornos de Algodres | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 39 ′ N , 7 ° 33 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 227 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 6.73 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 34 inhabitants per km² | |||||
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| Website: | www.casalvasco.com | |||||
Casal Vasco is a small village in Portugal . It belongs to the county of Fornos de Algodres , Guarda district . It is also located in the ancient region of Beira Alta . It has an area of 6.7 km² and 227 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011), an average of 33.7 people per km². It includes the location of the Quinta das Moitas and Ramirão.
Casal Vasco is tucked away on the left side of the Serra da Estrela , the highest mountain in Portugal. The municipality of Fornos de Algodres is five kilometers away. The cities of Viseu and Guarda are 35 kilometers from Vasco Casal. The Mondego flows past the village five kilometers away.
It is unknown when Casal Vasco was founded, but the first mention of the village is in a list of Portuguese villages from 1527. Casal Vasco is agricultural.
Casal Vasco has a rich legacy that includes:
- the Church of Santo António from the 18th century
- four chapels: Senhora dos Loureiro (16th century), Senhora da Encarnação (15th century), Senhora da Graça (18th century) and São Sebastião (16th century);
- Roman stone tomb: from the 1st century .;
- anthropomorphic graves, between the 7th and 12th centuries
- two mansions from the 15th century
Casal Vasco also has a rich tradition of legends, theater, traditional games, gastronomy and handicrafts.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Casal Vasco at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Homepage of the village of Casal Vasco
