Coja

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Coja
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Coja (Portugal)
Coja
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Coimbra
District : Coimbra
Concelho : Arganil
Freguesia : Côja e Barril de Alva
Coordinates : 40 ° 16 ′  N , 7 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 16 ′  N , 7 ° 59 ′  W
Postal code : 3305
politics
Website: www.jf-coja.pt

Coja (also Côja ) is a small town ( Vila ) and former municipality in Portugal . It is located on the Alva River .

history

The bridge in Coja over the Rio Alva

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement. The Romans left numerous traces here, while today we know less about the presence of the Arabs who arrived here in the 8th century. The ores to be found here such as lead or the gold washed out on the banks of the river Alva were a reason for the settlement, in addition to the fertile soil.

The place was repopulated in the course of the Reconquista . In 1122 D. Teresa gave the Coja castle for the castles Soure and Santa Olaia , and Coja subsequently came to the Cathedral (Sé) of Coimbra . In the course of the struggles to consolidate the Kingdom of Portugal , founded in 1140 , Coja was destroyed. Bishop Edgas de Fafes had Coja repopulated and in 1260 made it the seat of a district with its first town charter. The rebuilding of Coja Castle, ordered by King D. Dinis , was completed in 1335.

In 1514 King D. Manuel I renewed the town charter . In the course of the various administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the subsequent Miguelistenkrieg , the Coja district was dissolved on December 31, 1853 and Arganil was incorporated.

With the territorial reform of 2013 , the municipality of Coja was dissolved and merged with Barril de Alva .

administration

Population development of the municipality of Coja (1864–2011)

Coja was a municipality ( freguesia ) of the district ( concelho ) of Arganil , in the district of Coimbra . 1427 inhabitants lived in the municipality on an area of ​​20.95 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the former municipality of Coja:

  • Bairro das Ladeiras
  • Casal
  • Casal Mourão
  • Coja
  • Esculca
  • Foz Mosqueiros
  • Gândara
  • Machorro
  • Martim Vaz
  • Medas
  • Paço
  • Pinheiro Jardim
  • Pisão
  • Quinta da Meda
  • Quinta dos Vales
  • Salgueiral
  • Sandinhos
  • Senhora da Ribeira
  • Vale da Fonte
  • Vale do Carro
  • Valeiro da Barca

As part of the administrative reorganization on September 29, 2013 , Coja was combined with Barril de Alva to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Côja e Barril de Alva . Coja became the seat of the new municipality The main seat of the new municipality is Coja.

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

  • Coja . In: Isabel Silva (ed.): Dicionário Enciclopédico das Freguesias . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : Aveiro, Coimbra, Leiria, Santarém e Viseu . Minha Terra, Matosinhos 1997, ISBN 972-96087-5-X , pp. 146-147 (Portuguese).

Web links

Commons : Coja (Arganil)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Coja Parish on the parish website , accessed April 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ Publication of the administrative reorganization (PDF) in the Diário da República law gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014.