Moita
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Lisboa | |||||
Sub-region : | Lisbon metropolitan area | |||||
District : | Setubal | |||||
Concelho : | Moita | |||||
Coordinates : | 38 ° 39 ′ N , 9 ° 0 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 17,653 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 17.94 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 984 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 2860-478 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | João Miguel ( CDU ) | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Moita Rua Machado Santos, 18 B - 1º 2860-478 Moita |
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Website: | www.jf-moita.pt | |||||
Moita district | ||||||
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Residents: | 66,029 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 55.26 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 1195 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Number of municipalities : | 4th | |||||
administration | ||||||
Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Moita Praça da República 2860-422 Moita |
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President of the Câmara Municipal: | Rui Manuel Marques Garcia ( CDU ) | |||||
Website: | www.cm-moita.pt |
Moita [ ˈmoitɐ ] is a small town ( vila ) in Portugal , in the Lisbon region . 17,653 people live in the city (as of June 30, 2011).
Moita is known for its bullfighting and viticulture traditions. With the Casa dos Marcos, there is also a European pioneering project on rare diseases .
history
King Sancho I gave the region on the south bank of the Tejo (now known as Margem Sul ) to the Santiagoorden in 1186 . The present-day town only emerged from 1217 after the final recapture of Alcácer do Sal . In 1319 , São Lourenço de Alhos Vedros was created as the first independent community. Alhos Vedros was 1,477 for Vila appointed to 1,479 seats to become an independent circuit. In 1514 the place received city rights.
In the course of the 16th century, other small towns emerged in the area. Due to the densely forested area, the population here grew only slowly. The most important economic activity, besides fishing and agriculture, was the ferry traffic across the wide Tagus. Moita has thus increasingly become an important transit point between the capital Lisbon and the south of the country. This resulted in an increasing importance of Moita compared to the gradually declining Alhos Vedros. In 1691 Moita was elevated to vila.
In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the following civil war from 1826 to 1834 , the district of Alhos Vedros was dissolved in 1855 and incorporated into the Barreiro district as an independent municipality. After the community came to the Moita district in 1861 , it was dissolved in 1895 and completely incorporated into Barreiro, in order to be an independent district again since 1898 .
The bullfights that have been taking place in Moita since 1837 have been held in the newly built bullring since 1872 . After the authorities the arena in 1947 had closed for security reasons, the established Sociedade de Moitense Tauromaquia ( port. For: bullfighting company of Moita). This organized the construction of the Arena Daniel do Nascimento , which can be seen today and which opened in 1950 .
Culture and sights
Among the monuments of Moita include a number of historic public buildings, including the 1722 built Kai , the Fábrica de Cortiça Socorquex ( cork ) from the 1940s, the cemetery, which opened in 1928 power plant in the Art Deco style, and various residential blocks of social housing and gardens. It also includes sacred buildings , including the Mannerist - Baroque parish church Igreja Paroquial da Moita from the 17th century, and after its patron saint also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem (German: Church of Our Lady of the Safe Journey)
The historic town center is also a listed building as a whole.
See also: List of cultural monuments in the Concelho Moita
administration
Moita district
Moita is the seat of a district of the same name, Concelho, in the Setúbal district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 66,029 inhabitants on an area of 55.3 km². The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Montijo , Palmela , Barreiro and the Tagus Delta . |
With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from six to four.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Moita district:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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Alhos Vedros | 15,050 | 17.91 | 840 | 150601 |
Baixa da Banheira e Vale da Amoreira | 30,949 | 6.42 | 4,820 | 150607 |
Gaio-Rosário e Sarilhos Pequenos | 2,377 | 12.99 | 183 | 150608 |
Moita | 17,653 | 17.94 | 984 | 150603 |
Moita district | 66,029 | 55.26 | 1,195 | 1506 |
Population development
Population in Moita County | |||||||||
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year | 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2008 |
Residents | 1,261 | 2,273 | 6,350 | 9,486 | 29,110 | 53,240 | 65,086 | 67,449 | 71,596 |
Municipal holiday
- Tuesday after the second Sunday in September
Town twinning
traffic
Moita County has three stops on the Linha do Alentejo Railway , including Moita City Railway Station.
The city is connected to the country's trunk road network via its junction with the A33 motorway .
Local and regional public transport is ensured by private bus routes, especially the Transportes Sul do Tejo .
sons and daughters of the town
- António Hipólito da Costa (1756–1839), military and liberal politician
- Luís Costa Santos (1897–1969), Republican politician and philanthropist
- Georgette Duarte (* 1925), athlete
- Manuel José Tavares Fernandes (* 1951), football player and coach
- António Henriques Jesus Oliveira (* 1958), soccer player, national player a. a. at the 1986 World Cup
- Carlos Manuel (* 1958), soccer player and coach, national coach of Guinea-Bissau since 2012
- Diamantino Miranda (* 1959), football player and coach
- Luís Feiteira (* 1973), athlete, marathon runner at the 2012 Olympics
- Marco António Miranda Tábuas (* 1976), football goalkeeper
The conductor and composer Francisco Félix Simaria was director of the local orchestra Sociedade Filarmónica Estrela Moitense from 1876 .
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Moita at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ The local history on www.verportugal.net , accessed on October 7, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on October 23, 2013
- ↑ ditto
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on October 23, 2013