Chave
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Porto metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | Aveiro | |||||
| Concelho : | Arouca | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 55 ′ N , 8 ° 21 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1253 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 10.91 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 115 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 4540-264 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | José Luís Quintas Fevereiro | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Chave Barbeito 4540-264 Chave |
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| Website: | www.chave.aroucanet.com | |||||
Chave is a town and municipality in Portugal .
history
Megalithic finds in the region prove a prehistoric settlement. The current place was probably created during the Reconquista . The first mentions of the place come from the Middle Ages. The Arouca Monastery, built in the 10th century, owned estates here, and trade travelers between Porto and Viseu frequented it. The royal registers from 1527 stated 54 households for the place. In 1878 197 households with 998 inhabitants were counted here. Between 1900 and 1910 the community passed the 1,000-inhabitant mark.
administration
Chave is the seat of a parish of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Arouca , in the Aveiro district . 1253 inhabitants live here on an area of 11 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
There are a number of localities in Chave parish, including
- Chave
- Farrapa
- Lugar da Costeira
- Outeiro de Mouros
- Quintela
- Regada
- Reguengo
- Tojal
Web links
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
- ^ History page on the parish website , accessed May 8, 2015
