Girabolhos

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Girabolhos
coat of arms map
The coat of arms is still missing
Girabolhos (Portugal)
Girabolhos
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District : Guarda
Concelho : Seia
Coordinates : 40 ° 31 ′  N , 7 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 31 ′  N , 7 ° 44 ′  W
Residents: 317 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 17.74 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 18 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 6270-051
politics
Mayor : António Nelson da Silva Garcia
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Girabolhos
Edifício Junta de Freguesia
6270-051 Girabolhos

Girabolhos is a town and municipality in Portugal .

history

At the time of the Moorish rule there was probably a small settlement here. In the royal registers of 1527 no town was listed here. The earliest mentions of the current town come from the 17th century. The Capela da Senhora da Cabeça chapel, which is now a listed building, dates from 1640.

The municipality of Girabolhos belonged to the Tourais County, only to be a municipality in the Seia County since its dissolution in the mid-19th century.

administration

Population development in the municipality of Girabolhos (1864–2011)

Girabolhos is a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Seia , in the Guarda district . It has an area of ​​17.7 km² and 317 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

There are two places in the municipality:

  • Girabolhos
  • Ortigueira

Web links

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. ^ Entry of the Capela da Senhora da Cabeça in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA , accessed on March 11, 2015