Póvoa de Santa Iria
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Lisboa | |||||
| Sub-region : | Lisbon metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | Lisbon | |||||
| Concelho : | Vila Franca de Xira | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 52 ′ N , 9 ° 4 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 29,083 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 4.6 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 6322 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 2625-138 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Jorge Ribeiro ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Póvoa de Santa Iria Rua Raúl Alves, n.º 5 2625-138 Póvoa de Santa Iria |
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Póvoa de Santa Iria is a city and former municipality in Portugal . It is located on the Tejo , not far from the capital Lisbon .
history
The village goes back to the 1336 demarcated lands of the Morgado da Póvoa by the owner D. Vicente Afonso Valente , a senior canon of the Lisbon Cathedral . The center of the estate was the Quinta da Piedade estate , which was run by Valentes' brother Lourenço Afonso Valente. Through succession, the lands came into the possession of changing noble families during the following epochs. The importance of the productive lands increased steadily, especially due to the proximity to the capital and the location on the Tagus River.
The arrival of the railway in 1856, the later Linha do Norte , represented a significant development boost . In addition to the agricultural goods, the salt and limestone extracted here could now also be transported quickly and easily from the neighboring communities. The establishment of the first fertilizer factory in 1859 was followed by the Companhia de Moagens de Santa Iria industrial grain mill in 1877 and, a little later, the Sóda Póvoa factory, now part of the Solvay Group. The population continues to grow.
As a result, the independent municipality of Póvoa de Santa Iria was created on April 13, 1916, by splitting off from the municipality of Santa Iria de Azóia . It remained a parish of the Loures district until November 8, 1926, when it was assigned to the Vila Franca de Xira district.
Due to the proximity to the rapidly growing capital, the residential population also grew in Póvoa de Santa Iria, and the settlement of industrial and commercial companies continued to increase, especially since the 1960s. On September 24, 1985 Póvoa de Santa Iria was elevated to a small town ( Vila ) before it became a city ( Cidade ) on June 24, 1999 .
administration
The community
Póvoa de Santa Iria was a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Vila Franca de Xira , in the district of Lisbon . On June 30, 2011 the community had 29,083 inhabitants on an area of 4.6 km².
As part of the administrative reorganization in Portugal in 2013, the municipality of Póvoa de Santa Iria was merged with the municipality of Forte da Casa to form the new municipality of União de Freguesias de Póvoa de Santa Iria e Forte da Casa . The headquarters of the new municipality became Póvoa de Santa Iria.
Population development
| Population of the municipality of Póvoa de Santa Iria | ||||||||||
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| 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2013 |
| 1 079 | 1 476 | 2,046 | 2,815 | 3 281 | 4 161 | 8 115 | 14 417 | 24 277 | 29 083 | 40 404 |
traffic
Póvoa de Santa Iria is a train station on the Linha do Norte , the main railway line in Portugal.
The city is not far from the A1 motorway , the next junction is in Santa Iria de Azóia, 2 km south . The national road N10 passes the city.
Lisbon Portela International Airport is around 10 km south.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Póvoa de Santa Iria at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Portal around Póvoa de Santa Iria ( Portuguese )
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
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ History page of the municipality of Póvoa de Santa Iria ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2013 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. on the portal of the place, accessed on June 19, 2014
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on June 19, 2014
