Longroiva
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Beiras e Serra da Estrela | |||||
| District : | Guarda | |||||
| Concelho : | Mêda | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 58 ′ N , 7 ° 13 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 286 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 41.28 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 6.9 inhabitants per km² | |||||
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| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Longroiva Rua do Castelo, 7 6430-071 Longroiva |
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| Website: | longroiva.no.sapo.pt | |||||
Longroiva is a municipality in the Mêda district in Portugal .
The municipality, which can look back on a long history and is one of the oldest settlements in Portugal, has 286 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
The area of the municipality is 41.3 km². The population density is 6.9 inhabitants per km². Longroiva is mainly known for the thermal springs and thermal baths that are available there .
Longroiva was a district between 1120 and November 6, 1836, in whose administrative area the municipalities of Chãs de Longroiva , Santa Comba , Fonte Longa and Longroiva were located. In 1801 Longroiva still had 1,583 inhabitants. Due to the decline in the number of inhabitants, the municipalities of Longroiva County were ceded to Marialva and Meda.
Attractions
- Castle
- Pelourinho
- small Roman bridge over the Ribeira dos Piscos
- Old and new thermal baths
- Fonte da Concelha (historical, public drinking water fountain)
- Estátua-Menir (carved monolith from the Bronze Age )
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
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Longroiva at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Junta de Freguesia de Longroiva (Portuguese)
