Palmela

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Palmela
coat of arms map
Palmela coat of arms
Palmela (Portugal)
Palmela
Basic data
Region : Lisboa
Sub-region : Lisbon metropolitan area
District : Setubal
Concelho : Palmela
Coordinates : 38 ° 34 ′  N , 8 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 34 ′  N , 8 ° 54 ′  W
Residents: 17,481 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 77.51 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 226 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 2950
Palmela County
flag map
Flag of Palmela Location of the Palmela district
Residents: 62,831 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 465.12 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 135 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 4th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Palmela
Largo do Município
2951-505 Palmela
President of the Câmara Municipal: Ana Teresa Vicente ( CDU )
Website: www.cm-palmela.pt

Palmela is a county seat ( Vila ) in Portugal . The district ( concelho ) of Palmela belongs to the Setúbal district and has 17,481 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

View of Palmela: in front the town hall (Câmara Municipal), in the back the castle (Castelo de Palmela)

history

The first settlement of the area of ​​Palmela and the hill on which the Castelo de Palmela stands today goes back to the Neolithic period , as evidenced by several archaeological finds. Other finds confirm that Palmela was around 310 BC. Is mentioned as a Roman settlement. Around 106 AD one of the Roman administrators of Lusitânien resided in Palmela , with the name Áulio Cornélio (or Áulio Cornélio Palma). After that, the settlement was destroyed by attacks by the Visigoths. From 800 to 1198 the Moors lived on the site of today's Castelo de Palmela and had already built the first fortifications there.

The most famous building of Palmela is the Castelo de Palmela, which can be traced back in the first expansion with a chapel on the Santiagoorden after the reconquest by the Moors in 1205. Today a pousada is housed in this castle . From here you have a good view of the coast near Setúbal , the Serra da Arrábida nature reserve . In good weather, the view extends to the suburbs of the capital Lisbon .

The orienteering European Championships 2014 took place in April 2014 in and around Palmela.

Castelo de Palmela

Attractions

Pamela's numerous architectural monuments include a number of historical residential houses and public buildings, and some sacred buildings , such as the three-aisled Gothic - Manueline church of the Order of Santiago, the Igreja de Santiago de Palmela from the 15th century. The historic town center as a whole is also a listed building. In the village itself there are green spaces such as the Parque Venâncio Ribeiro da Costa .

In the district of Aldeia de Cima (municipality of Quinta do Anjo ) are the four rock-dome tombs of Palmela from the Copper and Bronze Ages .

economy

The community is known for its fruit and wine production.

In the 1990s, the Autoeuropa car factory jointly established by Volkswagen and Ford was opened. The internally called Mk1 MPV was produced and sold under the names Volkswagen Sharan , SEAT Alhambra and Ford Galaxy . Since the exit of the Ford company, only the Volkswagen and SEAT variants have been produced in the plant, supplemented by the VW T-Roc .

administration

The circle

Arms of the Palmela County Palmela is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Benavente , Montijo , Vendas Novas , Alcácer do Sal , Setúbal , Barreiro , Moita , again Montijo and Alcochete .

With the territorial reform in September 2013 , the municipalities ( Freguesias ) Poceirão and Marateca were merged to form the new municipality União das Freguesias de Poceirão e Marateca . Since then, the district has consisted of the following four municipalities:

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Palmela district:

Palmela County
local community Population
(2011)
Area
km²
Density of
population / km²
LAU
code
Palmela 17,481 77.51 226 150802
Pinhal Novo 25,000 54.44 459 150803
Poceirão e Marateca 8,485 282.05 30th 150806
Quinta do Anjo 11,865 51.12 232 150804
Palmela County 62,831 465.12 135 1508

Population development

Population in Palmela County (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
4030 4442 18,692 23,155 36,933 43,857 53,353 62,549

Town twinning

There are also cooperation agreements with the towns of Barcarrota ( Spain , since 1998) and Praia ( Cape Verde , since 2002). SpainSpain Cape VerdeCape Verde 

Hermenegildo de Brito Capelo

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Palmela  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. www.monumentos.pt , accessed on June 15, 2013
  5. ditto
  6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  7. www.anmp.pt , accessed June 15, 2013