Janeiro de Cima

Janeiro de Cima
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District :	Castelo Branco
Concelho :	Fundão
Coordinates :	40 ° 4 ′  N , 7 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 4 ′  N , 7 ° 48 ′  W
Residents:	306 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	11.93 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6230-102
politics
Mayor :	Álvaro Martins slides
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Janeiro de Cima Estrada Municipal 6230-102 Janeiro de Cima
Website:	www.janeirodecima.web.pt

Janeiro de Cima is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Fundão district in Portugal . It has 306 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

geography

The place is about 45 km west of the district town Fundão, and about 50 km northwest of the district capital Castelo Branco .

history

In the 16th or 17th century a large landowner bequeathed his two sons an area above and below the river Zêzere , from which the Janeiro de Cima (German: Upper Janeiro) and the opposite Janeiro de Baixo arose. There were already settlements in the areas, the older of which is today's Janeiro de Baixo , which already had ecclesiastical residents in 1320.

Culture and sights

The place belongs to the route of the traditional slate villages of the region, the Aldeias do Xisto .

Various sacred buildings are listed as historical monuments , including the Capela do Divino Espírito Santo (Chapel of the Divine Holy Spirit), built in the 20th century on the remains of the old chapel from the 16th century , and the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Janeiro de Cima (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção ).

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. ↑ History of the location on the primary school's website ( memento from November 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese), accessed on December 7, 2012
4. ↑ www.aldeiasdoxisto.pt ( memento of June 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 7, 2012
5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed December 7, 2012
6. ↑ ditto