Monte Real

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Monte Real
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Monte Real coat of arms
Monte Real (Portugal)
Monte Real
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Leiria
District : Leiria
Concelho : Leiria
Coordinates : 39 ° 50 ′  N , 8 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 50 ′  N , 8 ° 53 ′  W
Residents: 2948 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 13.72 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 215 inhabitants per km²

Monte Real is a municipality (Freguesia) in western Portugal which belongs to the municipality / district (Municipio) of Leiria .

geography

Monte Real extends over an area of ​​13.7 km² and has 2948 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). The small sleepy community is located in the middle of pine forests near the Atlantic coast of Costa da Prata . The climate is Mediterranean and is characterized by hot summers with daily temperatures from mid-June to the end of August averaging 30 ° C. Monte Real lies at an altitude of 57 meters above sea level. NN.

The main economic branch of the municipality is in the micro-agriculture, the service sector, tourism and the supply of the members of the local military airfield .

The monastery

In Monte Real there is also a monastery that is well known in the surrounding area. The Mosteiro Santa Clara e do Santissimo Sacramento do Lourical .

It was founded in the 1960s by the Honorable Madre Maria Teresa. It was named after Santa Clara de Assis (Saint Clare of Assisi ), who comes from an old Italian noble family.

More Attractions

  • The Administration House (Casa da Câmara de Monte Real)
  • The Chapel of São João Baptista (Capela de São João Baptista)
  • The spring of Rainha Santa (Fonte da Rainha Santa)
  • The spring in the city center (Fonte do Centro da Vila)
  • The Monte do Paço da Rainha mountain
  • The thermal springs (Termas de Monte Real)

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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

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