Moinhos da Gândara

Moinhos da Gândara
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Region of Coimbra
District :	Coimbra
Concelho :	Figueira da Foz
Coordinates :	40 ° 14 ′  N , 8 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 14 ′  N , 8 ° 46 ′  W
Residents:	1265 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	10.74 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	118 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor :	Paulo Manuel Querido Rodrigues
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Moinhos da Gândara Rua 20 de Junho, 33 Quinta dos Vigários, 3090-826 Moinhos da Gândara
Website:	jf-moinhosdagandara.pt/index.html

Moinhos da Gândara is a municipality ( freguesia ) in Portugal and belongs to the district ( concelho ) of Figueira da Foz .

geography

Located northeast in the district of Figueira da Foz, 14 km from the town of Figueira, the landscape of the municipality is characterized by flat grassland and fields, interrupted by a few hills and a forest of native pine species (Pinheiros).

history

There is insufficient evidence about the origins of today's settlement. It is documented as part of the lands of the lords of the Quinta da Foja in the neighboring municipality of Santana , who belonged to an order of the Santa Cruz Monastery from Coimbra and who had farmed the property since 1185. At least since the beginning of the 19th century, the eponymous, operated here, around 80 water and windmills have been documented (Port .: Moinhos, German: mills). The wide, flat landscape favored stronger winds for the operation of the windmills, and the various tributaries of the Mondego flowing through the municipality made the operation of water mills possible.

It was not until 1997 that the independent municipality of Moinhos da Gândara was created by separating it from the area of ​​the municipality of Alhadas .

Culture, sports and sights

In the village of Quinta dos Vigários, the municipality runs an outdoor swimming pool, the Piscína . With the Parque da Tapada in Casal dos Chouriços, it offers a small leisure and recreation park, and in Ribas it also has a sports hall and a multi-purpose hall.

In the second half of August, the town celebrates every year in Ribas the feast of the parish patron saint Nossa Senhora da Saúde (dt .: Our Lady of Health), a common name in Portugal variant of Mary -Verehrung. On the 19th of each month, there is also the municipality's market, where products and gastronomy of local traditions are offered. Also medieval markets are held here from time to time.

Various nature trails and hiking trails are laid out along the old windmills and water mills, some of which can be walked with a guide. Among the mills that can be visited, the Moinho do Rodrigues in Quinta dos Vigários is the only mill that is still active today.

Various associations also take care of the cultural and sporting life in the community, such as the Associação Cultural Recreativa e Desportiva da Gândara (German: cultural, leisure and sports association of Gândara), with its activities particularly in the areas of sport and folk dance ( Rancho Folclórico ), the Associação Cívica de Defesa dos Moinhos e do Ambiente (German about: Association for the preservation of mills and the environment), the carrier pigeon association Rapid Wings (orig .: Grupo Columbófilo "Asas Rápidas" ), and various youth -Music groups.

administration

Moinhos da Gândara is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Figueira da Foz , in the Coimbra district . On June 30, 2011 the community had 1265 inhabitants on an area of ​​10.7 km².

The following localities are in the municipality of Moinhos da Gândara:

• Arneiro de Sazes
• Azenha da Amieira
• Casal das Oliveiras
• Casal dos Chouriços
• Cunhas
• Gestinha
• Lafrana de Baixo
• Lafrana de Cima
• Quinta dos Vigários
• Ribas

economy

After agriculture was traditionally the most important economic activity here, it is now only practiced as a sideline, while the residents of the municipality mainly in administration, the paper mills, in the construction industry, and in the forest and wood industry in Figueira da Foz and the surrounding area Communities are active. Increasingly, historical buildings are being restored and converted for rural tourism purposes, such as some former mills.

Web links

Commons : Moinhos da Gândara  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the local government

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. ↑ Isabel Henriques: Figueira da Foz - Rotas do Concelho. Câmara Municipal, Figueira da Foz 2005, pp. 87ff
4. ↑ www.jf-moinhosdagandara.pt , accessed on September 14, 2012
5. ^ The Associação Cultural Recreativa e Desportiva da Gândara on Facebook , accessed on September 14, 2012
6. ↑ www.jf-moinhosdagandara.pt , accessed on September 14, 2012