Lavacolhos

Lavacolhos
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District :	Castelo Branco
Concelho :	Fundão
Coordinates :	40 ° 8 ′  N , 7 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 8 ′  N , 7 ° 37 ′  W
Residents:	236 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	19.87 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	12 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6230-500
politics
Mayor :	José Joaquim Marques Mota
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Lavacolhos Rua da Pereirinha, nº 7 6230-500 Lavacolhos
Website:	www.jf-lavacolhos.pt

Lavacolhos is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Fundão . 236 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).

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history

A settlement called Lava collus existed here under Roman occupation . Today's place was built around 1580. The first official mention can be found in a municipal register in the National Archives Torre do Tombo from 1649. The name found its present form from Lava collus via Lavacollos and Lavacolos .

The Jesuit missionary Joaquim Angélico Guerra (1908–1993) was born here. He worked in China. After his expulsion from Shanghai in 1937, he settled in Macau . He is considered to be an important sinologist , he also worked as a translator and wrote a Chinese-Portuguese dictionary.

Culture and sights

One of the local monuments , in addition to various sacred buildings , is today's Centro de Dia do Sagrado Coração de Jesus nursing home , a building from the 17th century. The historic town center as a whole is also a listed building.

Sons and daughters

• Joaquim Guerra (1908–1993), missionary in China and eminent sinologist

Web links

Commons : Lavacolhos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (port.)
• Website of the municipality at the district (port.)

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 page of the community website ( memento of the original from November 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (port.), Retrieved June 29, 2013 
4. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras . 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 140 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on June 29, 2013
6. ↑ ditto