Coles (Portugal)
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| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
| District : | Coimbra | |||||
| Concelho : | Soure | |||||
| Freguesia : | Samuel | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 6 ′ N , 8 ° 42 ′ W | |||||
Coles is a town in the Samuel parish in Soure county . It belongs to the Coimbra district in Portugal .
geography
The village is on road no. 348, the through road towards the district town of Soure. It is the closest place to the eponymous center in the Samuel congregation.
history
After the village of Samuel had been the seat of its own community since the 16th century at the latest, the population there decreased since the end of the 19th century. The village of Coles grew, however, so that the municipal administration and all important institutions were moved from the increasingly disintegrating village of Samuel to nearby Coles. Today Samuel only consists of the church with cemetery and parish hall, so that Coles is the actual parish seat.
In the unusually cold winter of 2010/2011, the national television broadcaster SIC reported from Coles on the effects of the cold on people's everyday lives, especially young school children.
economy & Administration and Management
The municipal administration, the school center, the health station and the Associação Cultural, Recreativa e Social de Samuel with their facilities for care for the elderly, preschool, sports facilities, music school and further education are located here.
This makes Coles the actual administrative center and economic center of the Samuel community.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on September 11, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Enquadramento ), accessed on September 11, 2013
- ↑ TV recording on YouTube , accessed on September 11, 2013
- ^ Page of the Samuel Congregation at the Soure County Administration, accessed on September 11, 2013