Lajes (Seia)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Beiras e Serra da Estrela | |||||
| District : | Guarda | |||||
| Concelho : | Seia | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 29 ′ N , 7 ° 43 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 273 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 4.74 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 58 inhabitants per km² | |||||
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| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Lajes Rua do Vale 6270-061 Lajes |
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Lajes is a locality and former municipality in Portugal .
The place borders on the east of the village of Tázem, in the municipality of Vila Nova de Tazem .
history
The place was probably created in the course of the new settlements after the medieval Reconquista . The place was first documented as Lageas in the royal surveys in 1296. Until the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the Miguelistenkrieg that followed in 1834 , Lajes remained a municipality in the Tourais district . Since its dissolution in the middle of the 19th century, Lajes has belonged to the Seia district.
administration
Lajes was a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Seia , in the Guarda district . On June 30, 2011 the community had 273 inhabitants in an area of 4.7 km².
As part of the administrative reorganization in Portugal , the municipality was dissolved on September 29, 2013 and merged with Tourais to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Tourais e Lajes . The seat of the new municipality was Tourais, but the municipal administration in Lajes was retained as a citizens' office.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Information about Lajes on the website of the Seia district administration, accessed on March 7, 2015
- ↑ Legal text (Portuguese; PDF access 2.4 MB), accessed on March 7, 2015
- ↑ Information on the municipality of Tourais e Lajes on the website of the Seia district administration, accessed on March 7, 2015