Granja do Ulmeiro

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Granja do Ulmeiro
coat of arms map
Granja do Ulmeiro coat of arms
Granja do Ulmeiro (Portugal)
Granja do Ulmeiro
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Coimbra
District : Coimbra
Concelho : Soure
Coordinates : 40 ° 10 ′  N , 8 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 10 ′  N , 8 ° 38 ′  W
Residents: 1866 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 5.05 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 370 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor : Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Gois
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Granja do Ulmeiro
Rua das Escolas, 3130-080 Granja do Ulmeiro
Website: jfgranjaulmeiro.home.sapo.pt

Granja do Ulmeiro is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Soure .

Granja do Ulmeiro

history

At the main church of the village, Roman graves and objects have been found in an archaeological site, which prove Roman settlement. There are also indications of a Roman road that ran over a stone bridge at today's train station and crossed the Rio Munda , today's Mondego .

The place was probably founded in the times after D.Afonso Henriques , when the land conquered in the course of the Reconquista was colonized by Christians. The name "Granja do Ulmeiro" means "barn of the elm grove " or "farm of the elm grove". It is said that there were elm-covered land here on which farmers were settled and which was later assigned to the Order of the Knights of Christ .

Granja do Ulmeiro has long been part of the district ("concelho") of Santo Varão . When the district was dissolved on July 24, 1853 , the parish came to the Montemor-o-Velho district and has belonged to the Soure district since December 31, 1853 .

In the middle of the 19th century, in the course of the construction of the railway during the construction of the Alfarelos station and its maintenance facilities, relocations and reorganizations were carried out in the village, which has since experienced an increase in population.

The main church ( "Igreja Matriz" )

Attractions

The main church ("Igreja Matriz") is an extension of the original church of Infante D. Henrique ( Heinrich the Navigator ) from the 15th century , which was dedicated to the Archangel Gabriel . The gilded altarpiece from the 17th century has two Solomonic columns and various representations and figures, e.g. T. from the 16th century. In front of it is a decorated stone altar from the second half of the 18th century. In the church you can find the stone depiction of the defeat of the dragon by St. George and that of the mantle division of St. Martin, both from the 17th century. In the chapel on the right, a painted wooden retable from the second half of the 17th century shows St. Michael and above the Holy Virgin with other depictions of saints.

Also worth seeing are the parish's various chapels, some of which are clad with tiles, the pillory , and the Gabrielos , Casal dos Galegos , Padaria and Senhora da Vida fountains .

The municipal administration (Portuguese Junta de Freguesia )

administration

The municipality of Granja do Ulmeiro consists of the localities:

  • Alagoas
  • Casal dos Galegos
  • Gabrielos
  • Granja do Ulmeiro
  • Outeiro de Gabrielos
  • Painca de Cima

Culture and community

Soure volunteer fire brigade, 4th section in Granja do Ulmeiro
  • The Associação de Granja do Ulmeiro, Cultura Desporto e Recreio is a versatile cultural, sports and leisure club.
  • With the 4th section of the Bombeiros Voluntários de Soure, a volunteer fire brigade is based in the village .
  • The football club Clube de Futebol Ulmeirense also has a theater group.
  • The Rancho Flores de Granja do Ulmeiro is a folklore and folk dance association and was founded in 1921 .
  • The on 8. December 1959 , founded Centro de Assistência Paroquial de Granja do Ulmeiro (community support center) now houses facilities such as daycare , kindergarten and elderly care services .
  • There is a preschool, a primary school and a high school in the area, the next upper secondary school is offered in the district town of Soure.
  • A health station and a pharmacy are located in the village.
  • Every year, 7 weeks after Easter, the festival of Nossa Senhora da Vida (English: Our Lady of Life) is celebrated in Granja do Ulmeiro , with procession and worship, but also with music parades, markets, fireworks and dance events.

Sports

The most important nationwide is the indoor soccer department ( Futsal ) of the Associação de Granja do Ulmeiro ( Secção de Futsal ), which plays in the country's third division.

The football club Clube de Futebol Ulmeirense was founded in 1930 , and in later years also opened a theater group.

Carrier pigeon sport is operated in the Desportivo Columbófilo da Granja do Ulmeiro association.

In Clube Desportivo de Caça e Pesca de Granja do Ulmeiro is sport fishing and hunting operated.

traffic

Alfarelos / Granja do Ulmeiro train station

railroad

The train station "Alfarelos / Granja do Ulmeiro" is located in Granja do Ulmeiro, usually only listed with "Alfarelos". It lies on the Linha do Norte railway line (Lisbon - Porto) . The Ramal de Alfarelos route also connects the town to the Linha do Oeste with its terminus Sintra and Figueira da Foz .

Highway

Granja do Ulmeiro is connected to the A1 via the national road 341 with the Coimbra Sul junction 15 kilometers away .

Web links

Commons : Granja do Ulmeiro  - 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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

gallery

  • Primary school

  • Map of the place

  • Winter flooded river "Rio Ega"

  • Chapel "Nossa Senhora da Vida"

  • The "Associação Granja do Ulmeiro"

  • Sports complex of the "Associação Granja do Ulmeiro"

  • Chapel "Nossa Senhora da Vida"