Luso (Portugal)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
| District : | Aveiro | |||||
| Concelho : | Mealhada | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 23 ′ N , 8 ° 22 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 2593 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 16.87 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 154 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 3050-224 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Claudemiro Manuel de Jesus Semedo ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Luso Rua Emídio Navarro, nº 128 3050-224 Luso |
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| Website: | www.jfluso.pt | |||||
Luso is a spa town and a municipality ( freguesia ) in Portugal and belongs to the district of Mealhada , at the southern tip of the Aveiro district .
geography
Luso lies at the foot of the Serra do Buçaco and its nature reserve Mata Nacional do Buaco . It is 7 km from the county seat of Mealhada and about 30 km north of Coimbra .
history
The oldest modern documentation of the place comes from 1064.
In 1810 the place here Battle of Buçaco place where the Napoleonic invasion army under Gen.Massená by a British-Portuguese army under Gen.Wellington was beaten.
Since 1834 Luso has been a separate municipality (freguesia).
At the end of the 19th century, King Carlos built a summer palace here, today's Palácio Hotel do Buçaco (also Hotel Palace Bussaco ). This is how the modern history of the place began as a tourist destination and as a health resort. It was raised to Vila (small town status) in 1937 .
Culture and sights
Various signposted hiking trails run through, past lakes and springs, the adjoining Serra do Buçaco and its nature reserve ( Mata Nacional do Buçaco ), which has an unusual composition with 400 local and 300 exotic trees and bushes brought by Portuguese explorers, and has been under since 1628 special protection is available. The Convento de Santa Cruz do Buçaco , built in 1628, and the neo- Manueline palace hotel Palácio Hotel do Buçaco (1887) with its adjoining gardens are also worth seeing.
The community is home to a large number of leisure and therapeutic baths, the state Inatel also maintains facilities here, as well as the community and private companies.
Other sights are the Grande Hotel de Luso , built according to plans by Cassiano Branco , and various churches and chapels. The military museum Museu Militar deals with a. with the Battle of Bussaco in 1810.
administration
Luso is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Mealhada in the Aveiro district . On June 30, 2011 the community had 2593 inhabitants on an area of 16.9 km².
The following localities are located in the municipality of Luso:
- Almas
- Barrô
- Buçaco
- Carpinteiros
- Carvalheiras
- Lameira de Stª Eufemia
- Lameira de S. Pedro
- Louredo
- Luso
- Monte Novo
- Salgueiral
- Várzeas
economy
Tourism is an important economic factor in the municipality, and the spa is also important. The Água de Luso mineral water bottled here is sold nationwide and internationally . The company was acquired by Heineken in 2008 with the Sagres branded SCC group of companies .
traffic
railroad
With its stop on the Linha da Beira Alta line , Luso is connected to the Portuguese rail network.
highway
Luso is connected to the national motorway network via the district town of Mealhada, which is 7 km away and its connection point to the A1 .
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Luso at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website of the local government
- Website of the parish in Mealhada County
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
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2012 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.
- ↑ Hans-Peter Burmeister: Portugal - DuMont Art Travel Guide 3rd edition, DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2008, page 225f
- ↑ http://www.sociedadeagualuso.pt/default.asp?s=91 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
