Sao Pedro do Sul

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Sao Pedro do Sul
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of São Pedro do Sul
São Pedro do Sul (Portugal)
Sao Pedro do Sul
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Dão-Lafoes
District : Viseu
Concelho : Sao Pedro do Sul
Coordinates : 40 ° 46 ′  N , 8 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′  N , 8 ° 4 ′  W
Residents: 3692 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 12.95 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 285 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 3660-436
politics
Mayor : Dr. Antonio Carlos Ferreira Rodrigues de Figueiredo
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de São Pedro do Sul
Largo de Camões
3660-436 São Pedro do Sul
Website: www.cm-spsul.pt
São Pedro do Sul district
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Flag of Sao Pedro do Sul Location of the São Pedro do Sul district
Residents: 16,851 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 348.95 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 48 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 14th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de São Pedro do Sul
Largo de Camões
3660-436 São Pedro do Sul
President of the Câmara Municipal: Vitor Manuel de Almeida Figueiredo ( PS )
Website: www.cm-spsul.pt

São Pedro do Sul is a city ( Cidade ) in Portugal . The place is particularly known for its thermal baths .

history

Roman bath ruins
São Pedro do Sul as seen from the Rio Vouga

Excavations carried out in 1985 prove the extensive facilities of the thermal baths that the Romans built here , after whose name the place was called Balneum for a long time. Portugal's first king, D.Afonso Henriques , also appreciated the healing power of the local springs and granted the town its first town charter ( Foral ) in 1152 . The place previously called Banhos was henceforth called Vila do Banho , and is still the seat of its own district. After the conquest of Badajoz in 1169, the injured D. Afonso Henriques recovered here for a while. His presence led to a lively development of the place, the sources of which from then on demanded fame and were sought out by many noblemen of the time.

King Manuel I had the Hospital Real das Caldas de Lafões (English: Royal Hospital of the Baths of Lafões) built here and in 1515 extended the town's rights to the town after he had recovered in the town. In 1884 the city administration ( Câmara Municipal ) built new facilities for the hospital and baths. In 1894 the Portuguese Queen Amélie d'Orléans recovered here , and since 1895 the place was called Caldas da Rainha D. Amélia (English: Baths of Queen Amélia).

As a result of the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic in 1910, the place received its current name. In 1987 the place received new thermal facilities and in 2001 the modernized original Caldas da Rainha D. Amélia were reopened. They were u. a. expanded to include a museum and a congress center. The number of visitors to the thermal baths continued to rise and in 2012 was over 25,000 guests a year.

The place was raised to the Cidade (city) in 2009 .

  • River bank on the Rio Vouga

  • Hotel in Sao Pedro do Sul

  • Roman bath ruins

  • Fountain with azulejos

  • Spa park of the thermal bath

administration

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São Pedro do Sul is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the district of Viseu . On June 30, 2011, the district had 16,851 inhabitants on an area of ​​349 km².

The neighboring regions are (starting clockwise in the north): Castro Daire , Viseu , Vouzela , Oliveira de Frades , Vale de Cambra and Arouca .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 19 to 14.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the São Pedro do Sul district:

São Pedro do Sul district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Bordonhos 547 5.95 92 181602
Carvalhais e Candal 1,554 43.73 36 181620
Figueiredo de Alva 816 14.69 56 181606
Manhouce 647 40.41 16 181607
Pindelo dos Milagres 659 23.90 28 181608
Pinho 777 13.64 57 181609
Santa Cruz da Trapa e São Cristóvão de Lafões 1,504 28.94 52 181621
Sao Félix 390 3.19 122 181612
São Martinho das Moitas e Covas do Rio 371 53.68 7th 181622
São Pedro do Sul, Várzea e Baiões 5,728 22.55 254 181623
Serrazes 1,001 13.23 76 181615
Sul 1,090 52.41 21st 181616
Valadares 805 20.76 39 181617
Vila Maior 962 11.87 81 181619
São Pedro do Sul district 16,851 348.95 48 1816

Population development

Population in São Pedro do Sul County (1849–2011)
1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
13,844 22.051 23,426 24,273 21,220 19,985 19,083 16,935

Municipal holiday

  • June 29th

sons and daughters of the town

literature

Web links

Commons : São Pedro do Sul, Portugal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. ↑ www.cm-spsul.pt ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2012 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 November 24, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-spsul.pt
  5. ↑ Article of June 12, 2009 in the daily newspaper Público , accessed on November 24, 2012
  6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014