Colmeal (Góis)

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Colmeal
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Colmeal (Portugal)
Colmeal
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Coimbra
District : Coimbra
Concelho : Góis
Coordinates : 40 ° 9 ′  N , 8 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 9 ′  N , 8 ° 0 ′  W
Residents: 158 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 33 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 4.8 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 3330-073
politics
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Colmeal
Rua Padre André Almeida Freire
3330-073 Colmeal

Colmeal is a locality and former municipality in Portugal .

history

In 1560 the place was raised to an independent municipality.

Culture and sights

The parish church ( Igreja Paroquial do Colmeal , also Igreja de São Sebastião ) was originally built as a chapel in the 15th century. When the town was raised to a parish in 1560, the chapel was expanded to become a church. Presumably in the 19th century it received its bell tower, with bells cast in 1836 and 1858 from Cantanhede . It is a listed building.

administration

Colmeal was a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Góis . On June 30, 2011 the community had 158 inhabitants on an area of ​​33 km².

The municipality consisted of the following localities:

  • Colmeal
  • Quinta de Bolide
  • Malhada, Carrimá
  • Foz da Cova
  • Souto
  • Adela
  • Açor
  • Vale de Asna
  • Roçaio
  • Loural
  • Coiço
  • Ribeiro de Além
  • Quinta das Águias

In the course of the municipal reorganization of Portugal after the municipal elections on September 29, 2013, the municipality of Colmeal was merged with Cadafaz to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Cadafaz e Colmeal . The official seat of the new municipality was Cadafaz, but the previous municipal administration in Colmeal remained as a citizens' office.

Individual evidence

  1. a b 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. www.freguesiacolmeal.pt ( Memento of the original dated November 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 24, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.freguesiadecolmeal.pt
  4. www.monumentos.pt , accessed on November 24, 2012
  5. Legal text (Portuguese; PDF download 2.4 MB), accessed on February 19, 2015