Castelo Bom

Castelo Bom
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District :	Guarda
Concelho :	Almeida
Coordinates :	40 ° 37 ′  N , 6 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 37 ′  N , 6 ° 54 ′  W
Residents:	216 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	25.04 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	8.6 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6355-042 Castelo Bom
politics
Mayor :	António dos Santos Fernandes
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Castelo Bom 6355-030 Castelo Bom 6355-042 Castelo Bom Castelo Bom

Castelo Bom is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Almeida . It has 216 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Location of the municipality in the Almeida district

View of Castelo Bom

City gate in the castle complex

View from the city wall into the historic center of Castelo Bom

geography

Castelo Bom is about 14 km from the district town of Almeida and about 35 km from the district capital Guarda .

history

King Alfonso VIII (Castile) granted the place its first city rights in the 12th century. After the definitive conquest of the place by the independent Kingdom of Portugal and shortly before the conclusion of the Treaty of Alcañices (1297), Castelo Bom received city ​​rights ( Foral ) by King D. Dinis in 1296 , which were renewed by Manuel I in 1510 . Until 1834 it was the seat of an independent district ( concelho ), and has since belonged to the Almeida district.

Culture, sports and sights

Its numerous listed buildings include various mansions , fountains and churches. The castle complex from the 13th century with various extensions from later epochs should be mentioned here in particular.

The location was shortlisted for the Aldeias Históricas de Portugal project , a program launched in 1998 to preserve and promote historic villages with diverse and well-preserved buildings. It was not included because the initial phase was limited to ten locations. Since then, a citizens' initiative has endeavored to include Castelo Bom in the program, which, in addition to conditions, also includes special funding and marketing measures .

Castelo Bom is a place for international geocaching search game fans.

Population development

Population of Castelo Bom 1864-2001
1864	1878	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2011
317	373	397	456	519	474	429	510	562	484	268	203	193	181	216

administration

Castelo Bom is the seat of a municipality of the same name. The neighboring municipalities are (starting clockwise in the north): Naves , São Pedro de Rio Seco , Vilar Formoso , Freineda , Castelo Mendo , Mido , and Senouras .

The municipality consists of the following localities:

• Castelo Bom
• Aldeia de Sao Sebastiao.

traffic

Castelo Bom is on the Linha da Beira Alta railway line , with its Aldeia train station (Aldeia de São Sebastião). It is also on the A25 motorway , between the Alto de Leomil and Vilar Formoso exits .

Web links

Commons : Castelo Bom  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality in the district of Almeida

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. ↑ www.cm-almeida.pt ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2011 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. , accessed November 16, 2012 
4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on November 16, 2012
5. ↑ ditto
6. ↑ www.causes.com , accessed November 16, 2012
7. ↑ www.geocaching.com , accessed November 16, 2012