Golegã

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Golegã
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Golegã coat of arms
Golegã (Portugal)
Golegã
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Lezíria do Tejo
District : Santarém
Concelho : Golegã
Coordinates : 39 ° 24 ′  N , 8 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 24 ′  N , 8 ° 29 ′  W
Residents: 3845 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 38.4 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 100 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 2150
politics
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia da Golegã
Largo D. Manuel I
2150-128 Golegã
Golegã district
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 Location of the Golegã district
Residents: 5913 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 84.31 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 70 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 3
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal da Golegã
Largo D. Manuel I
2150-128 Golegã
President of the Câmara Municipal: Rui Manuel Medinas Duarte ( PS )
Website: www.cm-golega.pt

Golegã [ ɡoɫɯˈɡɐ̃ ] is a small town ( vila ) in Portugal . The district is known for its horse and bull breeding. Every year, the Feira Nacional do Cavalo, a nationally known riding festival with exhibition and fair, takes place here. Golegã is a capital of the horse breeding of the Portuguese horse breed Lusitano .

The main Manueline church of Golegã

history

Finds prove a settlement since the Copper Age . The location on rivers and later important connecting roads favored the settlement. So from Roman times a. a. Remains of houses found. After the Moors conquered the land in 711 , the area underwent some development, especially in agriculture. Excavations from this Arab period are numerous here, especially agricultural implements and houses with their typical courtyards.

In the course of the Christian Reconquista , Golegã gained strategic importance due to its location on the defense line of the Knights Templar between the castles of Almourol , Santarém and Tomar . This location on strategic connecting routes and the productive soils of the surrounding area ensured economic development, which was also reflected in increasing trade and a growing population. In 1520, Golegã was granted city rights by King D. Manuel I , who temporarily chose the place as a summer residence. In 1534 King D. João III. the place to the small town ( Vila ).

Golegã is a typical region of Ribatejo , and has been famous since the 19th century for its horses and bulls for bullfighting . In addition, the fruit, vegetables and grain production on the fertile soils in the district is known to this day.

Horse breeding

Golegã Equestrian Festival

Azinhaga and Golegã are known for their long horse breeding tradition. Even Sancho I (1154-1211), the second king of Portugal from the home Burgundy , had as a prince in the region a stud. For the Saint Martin's market (Feira de São Martinho) around November 11th ( Martin’s Day ), lovers of Portuguese horses meet for the Feira Nacional do Cavalo in Golegã. The well Feira Internacional do Cavalo Lusitano called horse show takes place every year since the 17th century and established the reputation of the place as a nationally known horse town, a number of stud farms in the surrounding areas especially the breeding of Lusitanopferdes pay.

administration

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Golegã is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Santarém district . On June 30, 2011, the district had 5913 inhabitants on an area of ​​84.3 km².

The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Vila Nova da Barquinha , Chamusca , Santarém , Torres Novas and Entroncamento .

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Golegã district:

Golegã district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Azinhaga 1,620 38.21 42 141201
Golegã 3,845 38.40 100 141202
Pombalinho 448 7.70 58 141203
Golegã district 5,913 84.31 70 1412

Population development

Population in Golegã County (1801–2013)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2006 2011
2452 2866 5694 6325 6150 5963 6072 5710 5629 5589 5482

Municipal holiday

  • Ascension of Christ

Town twinning

View from the historic Sud-Express to the Mato da Miranda train station

traffic

With Mato de Miranda, a village in the municipality of Azinhaga, the district has a station on the most important railway line in the country, the Linha do Norte .

The national road N365 connects Golegã with junction no. 5 ( Atalaia ) of the east-west running A23 motorway, 10 km to the north . After crossing the A23, the N365 also merges into the IC3 expressway to Tomar.

sons and daughters of the town

The well-known bullfighter Manuel dos Santos (born February 11, 1925 in Lisbon, † February 18, 1973 in Golegã) grew up here and also spent his retirement here.

  • Statue of Carlos Relvas in front of the museum dedicated to him in Golegã

  • José Relvas

  • José Saramago (2008)

  • Augusto do Souto Barreiros (2008)

  • Statue of Manuel dos Santos in Golegã

Web links

Commons : Golegã  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on January 13, 2014
  5. ^ Hans-Peter Burmeister: Portugal. DuMont art travel guide . 3rd edition, DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2008, p. 177
  6. ^ Page of the town twinning on the website of the town administration, accessed on January 14, 2014
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