Escariz

Escariz
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Porto metropolitan area
District :	Aveiro
Concelho :	Arouca
Coordinates :	40 ° 56 ′  N , 8 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 56 ′  N , 8 ° 25 ′  W
Residents:	2222 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	17.98 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	124 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4540-327
politics
Mayor :	Maria Fernanda Conceição Oliveira
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Escariz Calvário 4540-327 Escariz
Website:	www.escariz.aroucanet.com

Escariz is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Arouca . 2222 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011). The river Rio Antuã has its source here, at Seixeira.

Culture and sights

There is a megalithic complex in the community . The listed dolmens ( Dólmen da Aliviada, Mamoa 1 da Aliviada, Dólmen pintado de Escariz ) are part of a series of burial sites that stretch from Sever do Vouga to Arouca .

Other architectural monuments of the municipality are two stone crosses and the single-nave baroque parish church Igreja Paroquial de Escariz , also named Igreja de Santo André after its patron saint .

The Escariz Municipal Council

administration

The following places are in the municipality ( Freguesia ):

Abelheira Aliviada Alvite de Baixo Alvite de Cima Aral Belide Caçus Calvário Cimo da Inha Coruto Coval Quente

Cruzeiro Escariz Figueiredo Gestosa Igreja Inha Juntas Lameira Branca Lameiros Laranjeira Leira

Londral Nabais Poças Seixeira Vale de Lameiro Venda da Serra Vér Vila Chã Viso

Web links

Commons : Escariz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local government website

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.monumentos.pt , accessed on August 20, 2013
4. ↑ ditto