Marrazes

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Marrazes
coat of arms map
Marrazes coat of arms
Marrazes (Portugal)
Marrazes
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Leiria
District : Leiria
Concelho : Leiria
Coordinates : 39 ° 46 ′  N , 8 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 46 ′  N , 8 ° 48 ′  W
Residents: 22,834 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 19.13 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 1194 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 2415-508
politics
Mayor : Maria Isabel Afonso Pereira Santos
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Marrazes
R. Joaquim Soares Cêa Simões, n.º 9
2415-508 Marrazes
Website: www.jfmarrazes.pt

Marrazes is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Leiria . It has 3,066 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Location of the municipality in the Leiria district

history

The community emerged in the mid-19th century, as part of the spin-off from the earlier, extensive community of Santiago do Arrabalde da Ponte (also São Tiago do Arrabalde ).

Culture and sights

Among the numerous monuments in the municipality are some mansions , fountains, the train station, the Bairro Sá Carneiro apartment block (social housing from 1969), the Armazém Regulador n.º 4 (also Armazém Carlos Mata ) warehouses built in 1942 , and various sacred buildings , including the single-aisled parish church Igreja Paroquial de Marrazes (also Igreja de São Tiago ) from the 19th century.

With the Museu Escolar , which opened in 2001 and has been built since 1993, a nationally important school museum is open to visitors.

Sons and daughters

administration

Marrazes is the seat of a municipality of the same name (Freguesia). It consists of the following localities:

  • Sismaria
  • Gândara dos Olivais
  • Rego d'Água
  • Outeiros da Gândara
  • Quinta do Alçada
  • Bairro das Almoinhas
  • Nova Leiria
  • Arrabalde da Ponte
  • Quinta da Matinha
  • Quinta do Bispo
  • Quinta de Santo António
  • Marinheiros
  • Planalto
  • Vale Sepal
  • Covinhas
  • Valverde
  • Pinheiros
  • Janardo
  • Outeiro das Barrocas

economy

The municipality has some commercial areas where industry and administration have settled, such as the administration of the meat manufacturer Lusiaves , or the Intermarché retail complex (supermarket, hardware store, etc.), in addition to various other retail and industrial companies.

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. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on December 26, 2012
  4. ↑ ditto
  5. ^ Museum website , accessed December 26, 2012
  6. ↑ www.tintafresca.net , accessed December 26, 2012

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