Louriçal do Campo

Louriçal do Campo
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Viseu Dão-Lafoes
District :	Castelo Branco
Concelho :	Castelo Branco
Coordinates :	40 ° 3 ′  N , 7 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 3 ′  N , 7 ° 31 ′  W
Residents:	636 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	22.31 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	29 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6005-210
politics
Mayor :	Pedro João Martins Serra
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Louriçal do Campo Rua da Junta 6005-210 Louriçal do Campo
Website:	www.louricaldocampo.com

Louriçal do Campo is a Portuguese town and municipality near Castelo Branco .

View over Louriçal do Campo

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement. Already 1000 BC A fortified settlement of the Castro culture existed here . The present place was created in the course of the settlement policy during the Reconquista . The many watercourses and the strategic location were probably the main reasons for the repopulation of the place at the beginning of the 13th century AD.

administration

The São Bento parish church

The community

Louriçal do Campo is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( Concelho ) in the Castelo Branco district . 636 inhabitants live in the municipality (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the municipality:

• Louriçal do Campo
• São Fell
• Torre

Population development

Population of the municipality of Louriçal do Campo (1758–2011)
1758	1779	1801	1878	1960	1991	2001	2011
548	501	599	1 150	1 608	887	805	637

Parish partnership

• Saint-Patrice , France

Sons and daughters of the church

• Frei Agostinho da Anunciação (actually José Bento Ribeiro Gaspar, 1808–1874), Franciscan priest, educator and founder of several schools
• José Ramos Preto (1871–1949), politician and lawyer, Prime Minister in 1920
• Joaquim Nicolau (* 1949), actor

Web links

• Official website of the local government
• Website of the municipality of Castelo Branco County
• Louriçal do Campo anthem set to music, video clip with impressions of the place on YouTube

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 on the community website , accessed April 21, 2014
4. ↑ Population development website on the community website , accessed on April 21, 2014
5. ↑ Website of the Portuguese Embassy in France on municipal and town twinning ( Memento des original from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 21, 2014