Fundada
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Médio Tejo | |||||
District : | Castelo Branco | |||||
Concelho : | Vila de Rei | |||||
Coordinates : | 39 ° 43 ′ N , 8 ° 9 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 638 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 36.54 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 17 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 6110-016 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Manuel da Silva Mendes ( PPD / PSD ) | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Fundada Rua Principal (EM 534) 6110-016 Fundada |
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Website: | www.jf-fundada.pt |
Fundada is a town and municipality in central Portugal .
history
The area was settled and administered by the Knights Templar in the 13th century after the Medieval Reconquista .
The community Fundada was created in 1618 by spinning off from the community of Vila de Rei. Fundada parish church was first mentioned in 1758, and it was rebuilt in 1867.
In 1810 French troops marched through the municipality during the Napoleonic invasions .
administration
Fundada is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Vila de Rei in the Castelo Branco district . 638 inhabitants live in it on an area of 37 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities are in the municipality:
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Sons and daughters of the church
- Manuel Nunes Gabriel (1912–1996), missionary, archbishop in Luanda
Web links
Commons : Fundada - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the local government Fundada (temporarily suspended)
- Entry on Fundada in the Mapas de Portugal
- "Folclore no Centro" - Fundada, Vila de Rei , event on February 5, 2017 in Fundada's Pavilhão Desportivo , recorded on YouTube (accessed March 1, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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
- ↑ Website on the history of the municipality of São João do Peso , website of the municipality, accessed on March 1, 2020
- ↑ Entry of the parish church of Fundada in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 1, 2020