Garvão
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Baixo Alentejo | |||||
| District : | Be yes | |||||
| Concelho : | Ourique | |||||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 43 ′ N , 8 ° 21 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 730 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 44.23 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 17 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Garvão is a place and a municipality of freguesia in the Baixo Alentejo in Portugal . The place is in the county of Ourique , and has an area of 44.2 km² with 730 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). Funcheira is in the municipality of Garvão . This is where the Linha do Sul and Linha do Alentejo railway lines come together. From here, the combined routes lead across the mountains to the Algarve .
history
The first settlement approaches go back to the time of the Celts . Garvão itself was the capital of a district between 1267 and the beginning of the 19th century. At that time it consisted of the parishes (freguesias) of Garvão and Santa Luzia . There were already 878 inhabitants there in 1801. In the place there are remains of an ancient city wall of the Cerro do Castelo and the Fort of Garvão.
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
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Garvão at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
