Olho Marinho

Olho Marinho
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Oeste
District :	Leiria
Concelho :	Óbidos
Coordinates :	39 ° 20 ′  N , 9 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 20 ′  N , 9 ° 14 ′  W
Residents:	1279 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	18.12 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	71 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2510-541
politics
Mayor :	Hélder José Mineiro Mesquita
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Olho Marinho Largo Justino Marta, 8 2510-541 Olho Marinho
Website:	www.olhomarinho.net

Olho Marinho is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Óbidos . It has 1279 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement of the region. The current village was probably created during the Reconquista , first mentioned in the 12th century. The listed Baroque chapel Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Amparo dates from the 16th century .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Armando da Silva Carvalho (1938-2017), writer

Web links

• Official page of the community on Facebook

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. ^ Entry of the Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Amparo in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on October 26, 2015