Pinhanços

Pinhanços
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District :	Guarda
Concelho :	Seia
Coordinates :	40 ° 28 ′  N , 7 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 28 ′  N , 7 ° 41 ′  W
Residents:	716 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	8.33 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	86 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6270-141
politics
Mayor :	Sónia Prazeres Marques de Oliveira Martins
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Pinhanços Largo Dr. Carlos Alves, nº 22 6270-141 Pinhanços

The parish church of Pinhanços

Pinhanços is a town and municipality in Portugal . With the Aerodromo de Seia the airfield is Seia in the community. It is used for sport aircraft, but mainly as a base for fire brigade planes for reconnaissance and fire fighting in the surrounding Serra da Estrela .

history

Finds prove the origin of the place during the time of the Arab rule. After the Christian Reconquista , the village belonged to the Seia municipality until the 16th century, and only then became independent.

administration

Population development in the municipality of Pinhanços (1864–2011)

Pinhanços is a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Seia , in the Guarda district . 716 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) live in it on an area of ​​8.3 km².

Web links

• Information on the municipality of Pinhanços on the Seia County Council website
• Photos from Pinhanços on Flickr

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. ↑ Brief portrait of the municipality of Pinhanços on the website of the Seia district administration, accessed on March 8, 2015
4. ↑ Entry of the parish church of Pinhanços in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (see under Cronologia ), accessed on March 8, 2015