Ereira (Montemor-o-Velho)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
| District : | Coimbra | |||||
| Concelho : | Montemor-o-Velho | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 9 ′ N , 8 ° 43 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 649 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 7.25 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 90 inhabitants per km² | |||||
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| Mayor : | Fernando Pereira Nunes Curto | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Ereira Rua Poeta Afonso Duarte n.º 45 3140-672 Ereira |
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| Website: | www.jf-ereira.pt | |||||
Ereira is a town and municipality in Portugal .
geography
The place is 16 km from Figueira da Foz and 32 km from the district capital Coimbra . Surrounded by various tributaries of the Mondego , the place is characterized by its flat, water-crisscrossed area with a few hills. The wide rice fields are characteristic.
history
The Casa do Torreão (center) from the 16th century, home of the French architect Jean de Rouen / João de Ruão (approx. 1500–1580)
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Traces of human settlement go back to the Iron Age , as is particularly well documented at the nearby Santa Olaia site . Known as Erariüm during the times of Roman occupation, evidence of individual finds is sparse, as well as from the time of the Moorish occupation. Only with the Reconquista and the founding of the independent Kingdom of Portugal can more informative documents be found about the place, which was long in the contested border area to the displaced Moors. The surrounding fertile soils made settlement easier to secure the area that was finally conquered in 1064. The area changed its church owners several times and was at times the subject of disputes between them.
As a result of the Liberal Revolution in Portugal in 1822, a large number of private owners and smallholders became landowners for the first time, and a relative economic boom began.
Ereira was already mentioned in the foral of King Manuel I , with which he confirmed the town charter of Montemor-o-Velho in 1513, as part of the district (concelho) Montemor. Ereira was since then part of the parish (freguesia) of S.Martinho until it became part of Verride in 1844. On December 31, 1984, the place had success with its decades-long efforts to form its own community, and not to belong to Verride .
administration
Ereira is the seat of a parish of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Montemor-o-Velho , in the Coimbra district . It has 649 inhabitants on an area of 7 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The municipality consists only of the village of Ereira.
Culture, sports and sights
In the renovated house where the poet Afonso Duarte was born , a small museum with a library has now been set up, next to the directly attached municipal administration ( Junta de Freguesia ) and on the main street that today also bears his name.
Worth seeing, next to the church Capela da Ereira , is a house that has been preserved from the 16th century, the Casa do Torreão , which is privately owned and continues to be used and therefore cannot be viewed from the inside. It was the house of the French architect and sculptor Jean de Rouen (1510–1572), who was called João de Ruão here , and worked primarily in Coimbra , for example at the Sé Velha church or the Santa Clara monastery.
The Associação Cultural, Desportiva e Social da Ereira (German: Association for Culture, Sport and Social Affairs of Ereira) is the main engine for the cultural activities in the place. Her folk dance group Grupo Folclórico da Ereira , founded in 1932, has performed several times abroad, particularly in France and Spain.
The soccer club Grupo Desportivo da Ereira runs various soccer and futsal teams, a soccer school and a soccer field on site. The municipal administration maintains a multi-purpose sports hall and a small amusement park with play equipment and bathing facilities at a local lake.
Since 1995, the annual place here in March Festival da Lampreia instead, the Feast of lampreys . Not only is the fish caught on site eaten, traditionally served with rice from the region, but folklore dance and customs are also presented in traditional costumes .
Every year on the second Sunday in August there is the feast of the patron saint Nª Sr.ª do Rosário (English: Our Lady of the Rosary ).
economy
Fishing and agriculture, especially rice cultivation , are the main economic drivers in the area to this day. A little retail and gastronomy are other factors besides the local government. A significant part of the population earns their livelihood by working in the surrounding towns (Coimbra, Figueira da Foz, Montemor-o-Velho).
traffic
The place is not far from the A14 motorway (exit Montemor-o-Velho) and the Verride stop on the Ramal de Alfarelos railway line , connecting Coimbra to Figueira da Foz.
Personalities
The writer Afonso Duarte (1884–1958) was born here.
The architect Jean de Rouen (1500–1580), originally from Rouen in France , known in Portugal as João de Ruão , lived here for a while.
Web links
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
- ↑ Page of the municipality of Ereira near the Montemor-o-Velho district ( memento of the original dated June 30, 2011 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 September 6, 2012
- ↑ Page of the municipal administration (port.) ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2011 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 September 6, 2012
- ↑ www.cm-montemorvelho.pt ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2012 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 September 6, 2012
- ↑ www.folclore.ereira.net/ ( Memento of the original from July 8, 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. (under Historial ), accessed September 6, 2012
- ^ Portrait clip on YouTube , accessed September 6, 2012
