Margem (Gavião)

Margin
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Alto Alentejo
District :	Portalegre
Concelho :	Gavião
Coordinates :	39 ° 23 ′  N , 7 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 23 ′  N , 7 ° 54 ′  W
Residents:	811 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	56.85 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	14 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6040-079
politics
Mayor :	José Manuel Praia Neves ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Margem Largo Mouzinho da Silveira, 13 6040-079 Margem

Margem is a small town ( Vila ) and municipality in the Portuguese region of Alentejo . The seat of the municipality is in the village of Vale De Gaviões.

history

Margem received its first town charter from King D. Manuel in 1518.

It remained the seat of its own district until the administrative reforms after the liberal Miguelistenkrieg in 1834, with which the Margem district was dissolved in 1836 and incorporated into the Gavião district.

administration

Population development in the municipality of Margem (1864–2011)

Margem is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Gavião in the Portalegre district . 811 inhabitants live in it on an area of ​​57 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following places belong to the municipality:

Moinho do Torrão Monte Novo Monte Velho São Bartolomeu Sumo

Vale da Madeira Vale da Vinha Vale de Bordalo Vale de Gaviões

Web links

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

• Entry to Margem in the Mapas de Portugal
• Official page of the Margem municipal administration on Facebook

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