Meas do Campo

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Meas do Campo
coat of arms map
Meãs do Campo coat of arms
Meãs do Campo (Portugal)
Meas do Campo
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Coimbra
District : Coimbra
Concelho : Montemor-o-Velho
Coordinates : 40 ° 13 ′  N , 8 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 13 ′  N , 8 ° 38 ′  W
Residents: 1853 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 9.74 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 190 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 3140-166
politics
Mayor : Paulo Jorge Pinto Rama ( PSD )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Meãs do Campo
Rua Lagar Pinheiro
3140-166 Meãs do Campo
Website: www.jf-meas.pt

Meãs do Campo is a town and municipality in Portugal .

history

The village was created as part of the Repoblación settlement policy during the Christian Reconquista . Initially known as Póvoa , it was later named Meãs . In the royal registers of 1527 Meãs was noted with 52 households. During the various administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , Meãs was briefly an independent district in 1832, to become a municipality of the Tentúgal district in 1840 . Since its dissolution in 1853, Meãs do Campo has belonged to Montemor-o-Velho.

administration

Population development in the municipality of Meãs do Campo (1864–2011)

Meãs do Campo is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Montemor-o-Velho , in the Coimbra district . 1853 inhabitants live in the municipality on an area of ​​10 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the municipality:

  • Calaçotas
  • Casal Novo
  • Coutada
  • Lagar do Pinheiro
  • Loureiros
  • Meãs de Baixo ("Upper Meãs")
  • Meãs de Cima ("Lower Meãs")
  • Quintas
  • Raza
  • Valcanosa

Web links

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. Portrait of the municipality of Meãs do Campo ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2011 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. (Selection Meãs do Campo ) on the Montemor-o-Velho District Administration website, accessed on November 8, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-montemorvelho.pt