Odivelas (Ferreira do Alentejo)
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| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Baixo Alentejo | |||||
| District : | Be yes | |||||
| Concelho : | Ferreira do Alentejo | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 10 ′ N , 8 ° 9 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 542 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 110.05 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 4.9 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 7900-377 | |||||
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| Mayor : | José Francisco Fortunato Borges ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Odivelas Largo da Praça 7900-377 Odivelas |
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Odivelas is a place and a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Baixo Alentejo in Portugal . The place belongs to the district of Ferreira do Alentejo and has an area of 110.1 km² with 542 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). This results in a population density of 4.9 inh / km².
The Odivelas dam
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history
At the time of the Roman province of Lusitania , a Roman road of Antoninus Pius crossed today's municipality. From this time one found u. a. Ceramics, coins, building materials, mosaics and tombs. The Dominican André de Resende (1500–1573), an archaeologist and historian of antiquity , found a Roman distance column ( miliarium ) here, which documented the local course of the Roman road.
In 1308 Odivelas was officially mentioned for the first time.
Culture and sights
In addition to the nearby reservoir of Odivelas , the historic "Ponte de Odivelas" over the river Ribeira de Odivelas is also worth seeing . The stone bridge, built from 1816 to 1826, is based on the Roman bridge architecture and is a listed building. Also worth seeing is the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Santo Estevão on the outskirts of the village.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Odivelas (Ferreira do Alentejo) at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Website of the municipality at the district
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.cm-ferreira-alentejo.pt ( Memento of the original from July 4, 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. , accessed February 5, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 5, 2013
