Samuel (Portugal)

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Samuel
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Samuel (Portugal)
Samuel
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Coimbra
District : Coimbra
Concelho : Soure
Coordinates : 40 ° 6 ′  N , 8 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 6 ′  N , 8 ° 42 ′  W
Residents: 1254 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 31.37 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 40 inhabitants per km²
politics
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Samuel
Rua Duques de Aveiro (EM 348)
3130-126 Samuel, Soure

Samuel is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Soure in Portugal . It has 1254 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) and belongs to the administrative district of Coimbra .

Samuel is the Portuguese partner municipality of the European Charter - Villages of Europe , a group of rural municipalities from all 28 EU countries.

history

Entrance sign to the community

Finds in the municipal area prove a settlement back to the Neolithic . Later, Romans lived here , as finds from the 4th century show. In 1825 a number of corresponding coins and altar remains were found, about which Emil Hübner later published. A project to excavate Villa Madanela , a local villa rustica , has been applied for since 2009 and is in preparation.

The first official mention of today's Samuel comes from a document from 1258 . It had been an independent municipality since the 16th century at the latest. Samuel belonged to the Seiça monastery and formed an administrative unit at that time ( Reguengo , similar to a today's district) together with Urmar , until the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the following Miguelistenkrieg . Then it was affiliated to the district ( concelho ) Abrunheira . In the meantime it became an independent district, only to be finally assigned to the Soure district in 1853 .

Geography and landmarks

The parish consists of various small towns, its center consists only of a church, parish hall and cemetery. The parish church Igreja Paroquial de Samuel (after its patron saint also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Purificação , German: Our Lady of Purification) is a listed building. It was built in the 16th century and is known for the depiction of the devil on one of its altars. Sun visited Fernando Ribeiro , lead singer of international heavy metal band known Moonspell , and the fado singer Cuca Roseta the church together for this reason, during a photo report by the county Soure for the Up magazine of the airline TAP Portugal .

In the village of Urmar, a Roman bridge has been preserved alongside a stone cross from the early 16th century. You can also see the partially renovated ruins of the former thermal baths of Amieira, Bicanhos and Azenha with their surrounding conifer , deciduous and eucalyptus trees in the border area to the municipality of Alqueidão .

The Samuel Council in Coles

administration

Samuel is a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Soure. It is based in the village of Coles.

The municipality consists of the following localities:

  • Casalinho
  • Casais das Camarinheiras
  • Coles
  • Famalicão
  • Figueira da Azoia
  • Marco
  • Moinho de Almoxarife
  • Palhais
  • Serroventoso
  • Souselas
  • Urmar
  • Vale do Servo

economy

The four-star Palace Hotel & Spa Termas do Bicanho opened in 2015

There are a few smaller industrial companies, including wood processing. Agriculture continues to be a factor in the local economy. The not-for-profit Associação Cultural, Recreativa e Social de Samuel ( ACRSS ) has also become an important driver , which runs geriatric care facilities, a music school and a kindergarten, offers certified professional training courses and organizes cultural events in its facilities in Coles. After the FAPSUR textile factory closed in the mid-2000s, the ACRSS is the municipality's most important employer.

The thermal baths of Amieira, Azenha and Bicanho were important economic factors of the community at the beginning of the 20th century, which one would like to reactivate today, also as a source of renewable energies . It all started with the Termas da Azenha thermal bath, which has been continuously restored by Dutch emigrants in private initiative since 2000, with guest rooms, holiday apartments, restaurants and wellness offers. Since opening in 2015, the four-star Palace Hotel & Spa Termas do Bicanho, with its 136 rooms and extensive gastronomic, wellness and thermal facilities, has become an essential factor in the renewed tourism and health tourism at the mineral springs.

Web links

Commons : Samuel  - 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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ Project description (PDF; 907 kB) at the monument authority IGESPAR , accessed on September 11, 2013
  4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on September 11, 2013
  5. ↑ Community portrait on the district's website, accessed on September 6, 2012
  6. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on September 11, 2013
  7. ↑ Up No. 37, November 2010, page 28
  8. ↑ ACRSS website ( memento of September 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 6, 2012 (Portuguese)
  9. ↑ www.bievre-europe.eu ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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 September 6, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bievre-europe.eu
  10. ↑ www.lneg.pt ( memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 6, 2012
  11. ↑ Self-information on the Termas da Azenha website , accessed on November 1, 2016
  12. ↑ Own information on the website of the Palace Hotel & Spa Termas do Bicanho , accessed on November 1, 2016