Portela do Fojo
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| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
| District : | Coimbra | |||||
| Concelho : | Pampilhosa da Serra | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 59 ′ N , 8 ° 4 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 381 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 37.79 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 10 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 3320-331 | |||||
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| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Portela do Fojo Rua da Junta 3320-331 Portela do Fojo |
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| Website: | www.porteladofojo.no.sapo.pt | |||||
Portela do Fojo is a former municipality in Portugal .
history
The municipality was founded in 1795 when it was separated from the municipality of Alvares . The current place was first mentioned in 1281, in the town charter ( Foral ) for Alvares. Finds, however, point to the time before the Bronze Age , when people already lived and farmed here.
With the construction of the Cabril dam in 1954, the municipality lost part of its area and the village of Vilar da Amoreira was submerged in the water.
In 2013 Portela do Fojo was merged with Machio to form a new communal community.
Culture and sights
The simple parish church Igreja Paroquial de Portela do Fojo (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Paz ) from the 18th century is a listed building.
The nearby reservoir is ideal for swimming and water sports.
administration
Portela do Fojo was an independent municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Pampilhosa da Serra . On June 30, 2011 the community had 381 inhabitants on an area of 37.8 km².
Amoreira Cimeira and Amoreira Fundeira now form an agglomeration and are usually referred to as a place called Amoreira. It forms the actual capital of the former municipality of Portela do Fojo. The other main towns are Padrões, Folgares, Ribeiro do Soutelinho and Trinhão.
The municipality of Portela do Fojo was made up of the following localities:
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In the course of the municipal reorganization of Portugal on September 29, 2013, the municipality of Portela do Fojo was merged with Machio to form the new municipality of Portela do Fojo - Machio . The seat of the new municipality was Portela do Fojo.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.porteladofojo.no.sapo.pt ( Memento of the original dated November 6, 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 December 28, 2012
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on December 28, 2012
- ↑ Legal text (Portuguese, PDF download 2.4 MB), accessed on February 20, 2015
