Maças de Caminho

Maças de Caminho
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Basic data
Coordinates :	39 ° 51 ′  N , 8 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 51 ′  N , 8 ° 22 ′  W

Maçãs de Caminho is a place and a former municipality in central Portugal .

history

The place was until the beginning of the 19th century Vila (small town) and seat of a district. In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the district was then dissolved and Alvaiázere incorporated.

With the territorial reform in Portugal in 2013 , the municipality was dissolved and incorporated into the municipality of Alvaiázere.

administration

Location of Maçãs de Caminho in the Alvaiázere district

Maçãs de Caminho was the seat of a community of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( Concelho ) of Alvaiázere , in the Leiria district . 356 inhabitants lived in the municipality on an area of ​​7.66 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the area of ​​the former municipality:

Amarela Azenha do Carregal Barqueiro Carregal Casais Casal de Cima Casal do Marco Eira da Pedra Maças de Caminho

Mosqueiro Pedra Branca Pinheiral Quinta de São Gens Relvas Relvas de Baixo Rio Valbom

On September 29, 2013, the municipality of Maçãs de Caminho was incorporated into Alvaiázere .

Population development in the municipality of Maçãs de Caminho (1864–2011)
1864	1878	1890	1900	1911	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2011
511	555	540	597	658	676	689	774	804	697	542	591	446	391	356

Attractions

The parish church Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça is worth seeing .

Web links

• Entry to Maçãs de Caminho at Mapas de Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
2. ^ Entry of the parish church of Maçãs de Caminho in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on September 16, 2016