Pedrógão Grande

Pedrógão Grande
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Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Region of Leiria
District :	Leiria
Concelho :	Pedrógão Grande
Coordinates :	39 ° 55 ′  N , 8 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 55 ′  N , 8 ° 9 ′  W
Residents:	2550 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	80.25 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km²
Pedrógão Grande district
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Residents:	3915 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	128.75 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	30 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	3
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Pedrógão Grande Largo da Devesa 3274-904 Pedrógão Grande
President of the Câmara Municipal:	João Manuel Gomes Marques
Website:	www.cm-pedrogaogrande.pt

The main church of Pedrógão Grande

Pedrógão Grande is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 2550 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

The old Ponte Filipina bridge on the Barragem do Cabril reservoir

Traces of human settlement can be found here from the second millennium BC. Until the Roman occupation. The first mention of the current place is in a document from 1135. In 1195 the place received city rights ( Foral ) for the first time , which were renewed and expanded in 1513 by King Manuel I.

In June 2017, the Pedrógão Grande region was the center of large-scale forest fires that killed more than 60 people.

Culture and sights

The Roman furnace that can be visited is also a listed building, as are a number of mansions and sacred buildings .

The place is surrounded by almost untouched nature, with water sports on the watercourses in the area and especially at the Barragem do Cabril reservoir . A number of longer hiking trails run through the area of ​​the district.

Hiking trails at the bridge over the Cabril dam

Not far from the municipal capital Pedrógão Grande is the village of Mosteiro , one of the traditional slate villages of the Aldeias do Xisto .

administration

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Pedrógão Grande is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Castanheira de Pêra , Góis , Pampilhosa da Serra , Sertã and Figueiró dos Vinhos .

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Pedrógão Grande district:

Pedrógão Grande district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Graça	786	31.44	25th	101301
Pedrógão Grande	2,550	80.25	32	101302
Vila Facaia	579	17.06	34	101303
Pedrógão Grande district	3,915	128.75	30th	1013

The Barragem do Cabril dam

Population development

Population in Pedrógão Grande County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
6 691	9 132	14 157	8 877	8 239	5 842	4 643	4 398	3,916

Municipal holiday

• 24th July

Web links

Commons : Pedrógão Grande  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Pedrógão Grande at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website

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.cm-pedrogaogrande.pt , accessed on November 26, 2012
5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on November 26, 2012
6. ↑ www.cm-pedrogaogrande.pt , accessed on November 26, 2012