Gesteira
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
District : | Coimbra | |||||
Concelho : | Soure | |||||
Coordinates : | 40 ° 5 ′ N , 8 ° 39 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 981 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 14.03 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 70 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 3130-062 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Gesteira Largo Dr. Elísio Ruas 3130-062 Gesteira |
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Website: | www.jfgesteira.pt |
Gesteira is a locality and former municipality in central Portugal . It is strongly rural.
history
The place was officially documented for the first time in 1199 as Migalha , but it is probably much older.
In the course of the various administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution of 1822 , the municipality of Gesteira belonged alternately to the Verride and Abrunheira districts . It became the seat of its own district for a short time before it became part of Soure district in the mid-19th century.
After the local elections on September 29, 2013, the municipality was merged with Brunhós to form a new joint municipality as part of the regional reform in Portugal.
administration
Gesteira was a community ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Soure , Coimbra district . On June 30, 2011 the community had 981 inhabitants on an area of 14 km².
The following places are in the former municipality:
- Carregosa
- Cercal
- Gesteira
- Piquete
- Santo Isidro
- Valada
In the course of the municipal reorganization of Portugal on September 29, 2013, the municipality of Gesteira was merged with Brunhós to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Gesteira e Brunhós . Gesteira became the seat of the new community.
Web links
- Official website of the municipal administration (temporarily suspended)
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
- ↑ Portrait of the community on the website of the Soure district administration (port.), Accessed on November 15, 2014
- ↑ Legal text (Portuguese, PDF download 2.4 MB), accessed on February 21, 2015