Pedrógão Pequeno

Pedrógão Pequeno
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Médio Tejo
District :	Castelo Branco
Concelho :	Sertã
Coordinates :	39 ° 58 ′  N , 8 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 58 ′  N , 8 ° 0 ′  W
Residents:	753 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	36.86 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	20 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6100
politics
Mayor :	Manuel Domingos da Silva Lourenço
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Pedrógão Pequeno Rua Eduardo Conceição e Silva 6100 Pedrógão Pequeno
Website:	www.pedrogaopequeno.freguesias.pt

Pedrógão Pequeno is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Sertã . It has 753 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Pedrógão Pequeno in 1618

The Ponte Filipina bridge on the reservoir

Hiking trails at Pedrógão Pequeno

geography

The place is on the Rio Zêzere , at the southern tip of the Barragem do Cabril reservoir . It is about 15 km north of the district town of Sertã and about 60 km west of the district capital Castelo Branco .

history

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According to some historians, the place was founded by a Roman consul in 150 BC. Founded in BC, conquered by the Moors on August 4, 718 and only finally recaptured by them in 1216. However, they do not cite any secured documents, and at least the date of recovery contradicts established historiography. From 1165 the place belonged to the Knights Templar . He received his first city rights in 1448, which King D. Manuel I confirmed in 1513. Pedrógão Pequeno was an independent district until 1830. Until 1837 it belonged to the district of Oleiros , to be assigned to Sertã ever since.

Culture and sights

The place belongs to the traditional slate villages, the Aldeias do Xisto . Hiking trails criss-cross the municipality. The nearby Barragem do Cabril reservoir offers water sports in particular .

Among the monuments of the municipality is a Roman bridge, the hydroelectric power station built from 1950 to 1956, and the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Pedrógão Pequeno (also Igreja de São João Baptista ), among other sacred buildings .

Web links

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

• Official website

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. ↑ pedrogaopequeno.freguesias.pt , accessed November 29, 2012
4. ↑ monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on November 29, 2012
5. ↑ monumentos.pt , accessed on November 29, 2012
6. ↑ ditto
7. ↑ ditto