Pavia (Mora)

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Pavia
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Pavia
Pavia (Portugal)
Pavia
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Alto Alentejo
District : Évora
Concelho : Mora
Coordinates : 38 ° 54 ′  N , 8 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 54 ′  N , 8 ° 1 ′  W
Residents: 932 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 185.62 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 5 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 7490-424
politics
Mayor : Joaquim António de Matos Caeiro ( CDU )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Pavia
Largo Manuel José Casimiro, nº14
7490-424 Pavia
Website: www.jf-pavia.pt
The main church of Paiva

Paiva is a small town and municipality in the Alentejo in southern Portugal .

history

Megalithic systems such as the Antas of Antões, Entreáguas, São Miguel, Madre de Deus and Figueira as well as the Mamoa do Monte dos Condes and other finds prove a prehistoric settlement. Today's place was created in the course of repopulation after the Reconquista . It got its name from the Italian settlers who moved from Pavia .

The Casa Museu Manuel Ribeiro de Pavia museum

The place received its first town charter in 1287 , which King Manuel I renewed in 1516 . In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the district ( concelho ) of Pavia was only enlarged in 1836 before it was dissolved in 1838 and incorporated into Mora.

In 1910 the neo-realistic painter and illustrator Manuel Ribeiro de Pavia (1910–1957) was born here. The Casa Museu Manuel Ribeiro de Pavia museum , which is dedicated to the work and life of the artist, is now located in the house where he was born.

administration

Pavia is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Mora in the Évora district . 932 inhabitants live in it on an area of ​​186 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities and places are in the municipality:

  • Malarranha
  • Pavia
  • Quinta da Herdade da Tramagem
  • Quinta da Rosa
  • Quinta Vale do Lagar

Web links

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

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. Local history on the community website ( memento of the original from October 1, 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. , accessed August 25, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jfpavia.com