Quiaios

Quiaios
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Region of Coimbra
District :	Coimbra
Concelho :	Figueira da Foz
Coordinates :	40 ° 13 ′ N , 8 ° 51 ′ W Coordinates: 40 ° 13 ′ N , 8 ° 51 ′ W
Residents:	2888 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	46.4 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	62 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor :	Carlos Manuel da Silva Rabadão
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Quiaios ; Rua da Figueira da Foz, 27, Quaios ; 3080-544
Website:	www.jf-quiaios.pt

Quiaios is a municipality ( freguesia ) in Portugal and belongs to the district ( concelho ) of Figueira da Foz .

geography

The place is 10 km from Figueira da Foz and 3 km from the municipal beach, the Praia de Quiaios . With the ridge of the Serra da Boa Viagem on the left side, the place is in the flat coastal area that stretches north to the Ria de Aveiro . The 44 ha large lake Lagoa da Braças is located in the wooded dune areas of Quiaios, the approximately 12 km long and 6,000 ha large Mata nacional das dunas de Quiaios .

history

First mentions of the place can be found in records from the ninth century. In 1122 Queen Teresa bequeathed the area to her lover, but after her deposition by her son, Portugal's first King D. Alfonso Henriques , the latter gave the area to the monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra . In 1514 Quiaios received city rights ("Foral") for the first time from King Manuel I.

The independent district ( concelho ) of Quiaios existed until 1836 , before it was dissolved and incorporated into the district of Maiorca . In 1853 this was also dissolved and its area including Quiaios' was assigned to the district of Figueira da Foz.

Surname

The legend has it that King D. Alfonso Henriques in his hunt for Moors in the Reconquista in the area of Quiaios be find anything and have exclaimed loudly: Aqui há-os! (Eng .: here it is), from which Quiaios is said to have become onomatopoeic. Well-founded theses suggest the name of Phoenician origin, which could go back to the plant name Qiqayon and could have become Quiaios via Qiayon - Qiaionus - Kiaius .

Culture, sports and sights

In addition to a number of sports and cultural associations, there are two long -established theaters in Quiaios with the Grupo de Instrução e Recreios Quiaiense founded in 1903 and the Quiaios Clube from 1921. In Praia de Quiaios the association Associação “Trilhos d'Esplendor” offers organized hikes through the forest, lake and dune landscapes of the municipality.

The Centro Hípico de Quiaios (40 boxes) is a professional equestrian center, as is the Centro Hípico da Figueira da Foz (35 boxes) located in the municipality .

The Centro de Estágio Rosa Náutica is a football training center and football school.

At Largo Pe, in the center of Quiaios . Costa e Silva , with its green areas and the pavilion, is the Capela de Nossa Senhora da Graça from the 19th century, the last of the original five chapels in the village. It contains sculptures from the 15th and 17th centuries. Not far from there is the parish church Igreja Paroquial S. Mamede from 1659. Inside it are worth seeing azulejos , altarpieces from the 18th century and a figure of the church saint S. Mamede from the 15th century. Both buildings have been listed as Imóvel de Interest Municipal since 2003 .

Every May 1st, the traditional, curious O Maio procession takes place, in which women in traditional costumes and with baskets on their heads move through Quiaios in a carefree atmosphere, leaving objects along the way that were stolen from families in the village the evening before. In the past these were jugs, donkeys or agricultural implements. On the evening of the first Friday of every September an ancient market day takes place in the market hall of Quiaios, during which traditional food and products are offered by market women in costumes and traditional customs are remembered. Every second Sunday of the month there is also a flea market in the central square of Quiaios.

Quiaios is also known for its sausage specialties, some of which are marketed nationwide, for example in the pingo-doce supermarkets.

Every year, the Woodrock Rock Festival takes place in Praia de Quiaios , which is mainly dedicated to stoner rock , doom metal and related varieties of metal and rock music. The eighth edition of the music festival is planned for July 16-18, 2020 . a. the bands Witchcraft from Sweden, Jucifer from the USA and Zaum from Canada.

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View over the municipality of Quiaios as seen from the Serra da Boa Viagem

economy

In earlier times agriculture was the main occupation in the municipality, today this is only the case for 5% of the local population. The fishery, which was operated until the 1960s, is now only a little and sideline. Today, jobs are mainly found in the local retail trade and in the joinery, baking, construction and chemical and plastics processing industries. Tourism has grown in importance in recent years.

traffic

The place has its own connection to the A17 motorway and is located on the IC1, the national road with the identification N109.

administration

Quiaios is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Figueira da Foz , in the Coimbra district . On June 30, 2011 the community had 2888 inhabitants on an area of 46.4 km². The following places are located in the municipality of Quiaios: