Coentral

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Coentral
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Coentral coat of arms
Coentral (Portugal)
Coentral
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Leiria
District : Leiria
Concelho : Castanheira de Pera
Freguesia : União das Freguesias de Castanheira de Pêra e Coentral
Coordinates : 40 ° 4 ′  N , 8 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 4 ′  N , 8 ° 11 ′  W
Postal code : 3280-201

Coentral was a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Castanheira de Pera . The community had 100 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Coentral, embedded in the mountains of the Serra da Lousã

On September 29, 2013, the municipalities of Coentral and Castanheira de Pêra were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Castanheira de Pêra e Coentral .

history

The independent community of Coentral was created in 1691 . It belonged to the Pedrógão Grande district . Since the founding of the independent district Castanheira de Pera in 1914, she belonged to this.

With a legislative decision from January 2013, the municipality was dissolved after the local elections in September 2013 and merged with the municipality of Castanheira de Pera to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Castanheira de Pêra e Coentral .

Attractions

The architectural monuments include historical houses, a fountain and sacred buildings , including the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Coentral , built in the 18th century, and after its patron saint also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Nazaré (English: Church of Our Lady of Nazareth).

The Capela de Santo António da Neve was built at the end of the 18th century.

Coentral lies in the mountains of the Serra da Lousã . Hiking trails pass through the municipality.

Web links

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. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014
  3. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on November 5, 2013
  4. ↑ Publication of January 28, 2013 (PDF; 2.4 MB) in the Legal Gazette of the Republic of Portugal, the Diário da República (see Artigo no. 9 and in the list on p. 33), accessed on November 9, 2013
  5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on November 9, 2013