Covas (Tábua)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
| District : | Coimbra | |||||
| Concelho : | Tábua | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 21 ′ N , 7 ° 56 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1084 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 17.37 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 62 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 3420-053 | |||||
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| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Covas Rua João António Paulo Borges de Brito, n.º 1 3420–053 Covas |
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Covas is a locality and former municipality in Portugal .
history
The village emerged as part of the settlement policy after the Reconquista , probably from the middle of the 12th century. Covas received its first town charter on March 15, 1514 by King D. Manuel . It remained a parish in Midões County until it was dissolved in 1853 and Tábua County was created at the same time, to which it has belonged ever since.
administration
Covas was a community ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Tábua , in the Coimbra district . On June 30, 2011 the community had 1,084 inhabitants in an area of 17.4 km².
In the course of the municipal reorganization of Portugal on September 29, 2013, Covas was merged with Vila Nova de Oliveirinha to form the new municipality União das Freguesias de Covas e Vila Nova de Oliveirinha . The seat of the new community was Covas.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Brief portrait of the Covas e Vila Nova de Oliveirinha community on the district administration's website, accessed on February 22, 2015
- ↑ Legal text (Portuguese, PDF download; 2.4 MB), accessed on February 21, 2015