Chamusca

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Brazilian soccer player with this family name, see Marcelo Chamusca (* 1966).

Chamusca
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Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Lezíria do Tejo
District :	Santarém
Concelho :	Chamusca
Freguesia :	União das Freguesias da Chamusca e Pinheiro Grande
Coordinates :	39 ° 21 ′  N , 8 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 21 ′  N , 8 ° 29 ′  W
Postal code :	2140-069
Chamusca district
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Residents:	10,120 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	746 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	14 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	5
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Chamusca Edifício dos Paços do Concelho 2140-098 Chamusca
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Dr. Paulo Jorge Mira Lucas Cegonho Queimado ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-chamusca.pt

Chamusca [ ʃɐmuʃkɐ ] is a small town ( Vila ) in Portugal .

The Igreja da Misericórdia church in Chamusca

On September 29, 2013, the municipalities of Chamusca and Pinheiro Grande were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias da Chamusca e Pinheiro Grande . Chamusca is the seat of this newly formed community.

history

A small town already existed here when King D. Afonso V gave the area to the father of Rui Gomes da Silva in 1449 , who was a childhood friend of the later Spanish-Portuguese King Philip II . Chamusca belonged to the district of Santarém until it was elevated to the seat of its own district and a small town ( Vila ) in 1561 .

administration

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The town hall of Chamusca

Chamusca is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Santarém district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 3369 inhabitants on an area of ​​746 km².

The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Vila Nova da Barquinha , Constância , Abrantes , Ponte de Sor , Coruche , Almeirim , Alpiarça , Santarém and Golegã .

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were combined into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from seven to five.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Chamusca district:

Chamusca district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Carregueira	2,020	98.64	20th	140707
Chamusca e Pinheiro Grande	4,299	67.10	64	140708
Parreira e Chouto	1,492	338.41	4th	140709
elm	1,277	121.80	10	140704
Vale de Cavalos	1,032	120.05	9	140705
Chamusca district	10.120	746.00	14th	1407

Population development

Population in Chamusca County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004	2011
2725	4313	10,418	12,925	15,871	13,135	12,282	11,492	11,313	10.120

Municipal holiday

• Ascension of Christ

sons and daughters of the town

José Cid 1974

• Rui Gomes da Silva (1516–1573), Spanish nobleman, youth confidante of King Philip II.
• José Egídio Gordilho de Barbuda (1787–1830), military and politician in Brazil
• João Nepomuceno de Macedo , Baron of São Cosme (1793–1837), military
• Francisco Maria do Prado Lacerda (1827-1892), Bishop of Angra in the Azores
• João Joaquim Isidro dos Reis (1849–1924), lawyer and politician
• José Belard da Fonseca (1889–1969), civil engineer
• Carlos Amaro (1879–1946), poet, dramaturge and republican politician
• Álvaro Amaral Netto (1903–1971), writer, journalist and historian
• Manuel Ferreira Lima (1939–2001), manager and politician, 1978 Minister of Transport and Communications
• José Cid (* 1942), rock / pop musician, singer

Web links

Commons : Chamusca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Chamusca at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website of the city administration (port.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014
4. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 86 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
5. ↑ History page on the city administration website, accessed November 15, 2013
6. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
7. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014