Graça (Pedrógão Grande)
Graça | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||||
Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Region of Leiria | |||||
District : | Leiria | |||||
Concelho : | Pedrógão Grande | |||||
Coordinates : | 39 ° 54 ′ N , 8 ° 13 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 786 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 31.44 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 25 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 3270-022 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Joaquim Coelho Baeta Graça | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Graça J.F.Graça 3270-022 Graça |
|||||
Website: | www.cm-pedrogaogrande.pt/graca |
Graça is a Portuguese municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Pedrógão Grande . 786 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).
geography
Graça is 13 km southwest of the district town of Pedrógão Grande, and 72 km east of the district capital Leiria .
history
Nothing precise is known about the origins of the place. Theses about the foundation during the Roman occupation exist as well as those that consider a foundation by the Moors during the Arab rule to be likely. Graça became an independent municipality between 1581 and 1592.
Web links
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
- ↑ www.distritosdeportugal.com ( Memento of the original dated December 11, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 26, 2012