Maçainhas (Belmonte)

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Maçainhas
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Maçainhas
Maçainhas (Portugal)
Maçainhas
Basic data
Concelho : Belmonte
Coordinates : 40 ° 23 ′  N , 7 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 23 ′  N , 7 ° 18 ′  W
Residents: 356 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 18.21 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 20 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 6250-171
politics
Mayor : Carla Marina AS Cruz Pais
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Maçainhas
Largo do Adro, nº 5
6250-171 Maçainhas

Maçainhas is a town and municipality in Portugal .

Carriages of the Lisbon tram in Maçainhas, a gift from the director of Carris in 1992, who came from here

history

The place probably came into being after the Medieval Reconquista . In 1321 it was already recorded as an independent municipality.

administration

Maçainhas is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Belmonte , in the district of Castelo Branco . It has 356 inhabitants on an area of ​​18.2 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following places belong to the municipality:

  • Apeadeiro
  • Maçainhas
  • Pessegueiro
  • Quinta do Monte
  • Quinta Cimeira
  • Quinta do Meio

traffic

Maçainhas is a stop on the Linha da Beira Baixa railway line .

The A23 motorway crosses the municipality, its exit is Belmonte (exit no. 33).

Web links

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

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. Entry of the parish church of Maçainhas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (see under Cronologia ), accessed on March 22, 2015