Mealhada

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Mealhada
coat of arms map
Mealhada Coat of Arms
Mealhada (Portugal)
Mealhada
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Coimbra
District : Aveiro
Concelho : Mealhada
Coordinates : 40 ° 23 ′  N , 8 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 23 ′  N , 8 ° 27 ′  W
Residents: 4493 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 9.99 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 450 inhabitants per km²
politics
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Mealhada
Avenida Dr. Manuel Lousada 17/9
3050-343 Mealhada
Mealhada County
flag map
Flag of Mealhada Location of the Mealhada Circle
Residents: 20,428 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 110.65 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 185 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 6th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Mealhada
Largo do Jardim
3050-337 Mealhada
President of the Câmara Municipal: Carlos Alberto da Costa Cabral ( PS )
Website: www.cm-mealhada.pt

Mealhada is a municipality and city in the Aveiro district in Portugal with 4493 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Mealhada City Hall

history

Excavations attest to the settlement of the place at the time of the Romans . A Roman milestone found here from 39 BC. Is on display in the town hall.

In the course of the Reconquista , the Moors lost the area in 878. After Almansor recaptured it in 987, it finally fell to the Christian conquerors in 1064.

City rights were granted Mealhada 1514 by King Manuel I . In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in Portugal , Mealhada became the seat of an independent circle ( concelho ) in 1855 .

the Cine-Teatro Messias in Mealhada

In 2003, the previous small town ( Vila ) Mealhada was elevated to a city ( Cidade ).

Culture and sights

In the municipality of Luso are u. a. Thermal baths and the spa town of Buçaco with the historic Palácio Hotel do Buçaco , the protected forest area of ​​the Serra do Buçaco , and the military museum with a focus on the Battle of Buçaco (1810). Roman archaeological sites and a large number of sacred buildings are further sights of the district. The historic center of Mealhada is also a listed building.

administration

circle

Mealhada is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring regions are (starting clockwise in the north): Anadia , Mortágua , Penacova , Coimbra and Cantanhede .

Map of the municipalities

With the territorial reform in September 2013, the municipalities ( Freguesias ) Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro and Antes were merged to form the new municipality União das Freguesias da Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes . Since then, the district has consisted of the following six municipalities:

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in Mealhada County:

Mealhada County
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Barcouço 2.152 21.31 101 011102
Casal Comba 3,183 18.80 169 011103
Luso 2,593 16.87 154 011104
Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes 6,457 21.40 302 011109
Pampilhosa 4,098 13.60 301 011106
Vacariça 1,945 18.67 104 011107
Mealhada County 20,428 110.65 185 0111

Population development

Population in Mealhada County (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
2326 7102 9915 13,869 17,478 19.305 18,272 20,751 20,496

Town twinning

traffic

The city is connected to Porto and Lisbon by the Linha do Norte rail link and the A1 motorway .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ http://codigopostal.ciberforma.pt/dir/empresa2.asp?emp=3565
  4. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  5. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed February 1, 2013.
  6. ↑ www.cm-mealhada.pt ( Memento of the original from June 5, 2013 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. , accessed February 1, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-mealhada.pt
  7. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on February 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 1, 2013
  9. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  10. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed February 1, 2013
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