Sao João do Peso

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Sao João do Peso
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São João do Peso (Portugal)
Sao João do Peso
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Médio Tejo
District : Castelo Branco
Concelho : Vila de Rei
Coordinates : 39 ° 43 ′  N , 8 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 43 ′  N , 8 ° 4 ′  W
Residents: 204 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 13.05 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 16 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 6110-055
politics
Mayor : Maria do Rosário Pombo Martins Cavalheiro ( PPD / PSD )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de São João do Peso
Rua Manuel Farinha Portela, n.º 15
6110-055 São João do Peso
Website: www.jf-sjpeso.pt

São João do Peso is a town and municipality in central Portugal .

history

The parish church of São João do Peso

The area was settled and administered by the Knights Templar in the 13th century after the Medieval Reconquista .

The municipality was created in 1618 by spinning off from the municipality of Vila de Rei.

In the registers of the year 1758, the community was led with its own church under the name Pezo. A chapel from the 17th century previously existed in the community.

In 1810 French troops marched through the municipality during the Napoleonic invasions .

In 1892, today's listed parish church was built, which was given its current form through renovations and alterations between 1988 and 1990.

administration

Population development in the municipality of São João do Peso (1864–2011)

São João do Peso is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Vila de Rei in the Castelo Branco district . 204 inhabitants live in it on an area of ​​13 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the municipality:

  • Algar
  • Cimo de Valongo
  • Lameiras de Algar
  • Portela dos Colos
  • Sao João do Peso
  • Sesmarias

Web links

Commons : São João do Peso  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ History website, São João do Peso Municipal Council website, accessed March 1, 2020
  4. ↑ a b Entry of the parish church of São João do Peso in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on March 1, 2020