Santarém (Portugal)

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Santarém
coat of arms map
Santarém coat of arms
Santarém (Portugal)
Santarém
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Lezíria do Tejo
District : Santarém
Concelho : Santarém
Coordinates : 39 ° 14 ′  N , 8 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 14 ′  N , 8 ° 41 ′  W
Residents: 61,752 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 552.54 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 112 inhabitants per km²
Santarém district
flag map
Flag of Santarém Location of the Santarém district
Residents: 61,752 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 552.54 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 112 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 18th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Santarém
Praça do Município
2005-245 Santarém
President of the Câmara Municipal: Ricardo Gonçalves Ribeiro Gonçalves ( PSD )
Website: www.cm-santarem.pt

Santarém is a city in Portugal . It is the capital of the Santarém district .

The Gothic church Igreja da Graça in the historic old town

history

Finds show a settlement since the late Bronze Age . Phoenicians , Greeks and other peoples came to trade across the Tagus to this point. In 138 BC Chr. The city under the name Scalabis was first as a Roman documented village. The then further fortified city, later called Scalabis Castro, located in the central Tejo area, became an important administrative and commercial city of the Roman province of Lusitania .

After the invasion of the Alans and the Vandals , the place was called Santa Irene in the 5th century AD. From the time of Sunerico's conquest in 460 , the city belonged to the Visigoth Empire until the Moors conquered it in 715 . In the course of the following Reconquista , Santarém was also contested. Henry of Burgundy , Count of Portucale , conquered the city at the end of the 11th century. It was recaptured by the Arabs in 1110 . Under Portugal's first king, D.Afonso Henriques , Santarém finally became Portuguese on March 15, 1147 . The changing history of the city can be seen in the listed town center. The historic city center is the largest contiguous old town in the country with an area of ​​almost 2 square kilometers.

Santarém supported the Portuguese heir to the throne António von Crato in 1580 . After his unsuccessful efforts and the subsequent personal union of Portugal with Spain, the city felt some neglect and there were various uprisings, for example in 1629 , 1636 and 1637 . After the damage caused by the Lisbon earthquake in 1755 and the Napoleonic invasions at the beginning of the 19th century, the city then experienced some urban improvements. In 1868 the previous small town ( Vila ) was elevated to a town ( Cidade ). In 2000 the Ponte Salgueiro Maia bridge was built over the Tagus.

administration

Since 2002 Santarém has been included in the statistical region of Alentejo and the statistical sub-region of Lezíria do Tejo , but still belongs to the developing region ( Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional ) Lisbon, which, based on the historical province , bears the name Lisboa e Vale do Tejo .

Santarém is the capital of the Santarém district .

Santarém district

Santarém is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ). On June 30, 2011 the district had 61,752 inhabitants on an area of ​​552.5 km².

The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Porto de Mós , Alcanena , Torres Novas , Golegã , Chamusca , Alpiarça , Almeirim , Cartaxo , Azambuja , Rio Maior and Alcobaça .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 28 to 18.

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Santarém district:

Santarém district
local community Population
(2011)
Area
km²
Density of
population / km²
LAU
code
Abitureiras 972 23.69 41 141601
Abrã 1,122 22.44 50 141602
Achete, Azoia de Baixo e Póvoa de Santarém 2,923 44.26 66 141629
Alcanede 4,547 105.84 43 141604
Alcanhões 1,469 11.45 128 141605
Almoster 1,818 40.82 45 141606
Amiais de Baixo 1,851 6.30 294 141607
Arneiro das Milhariças 835 12.02 69 141608
Azoia de Cima e Tremês 2,477 33.29 74 141630
Casevel e Vaqueiros 1,149 36.78 31 141631
Gancaria 514 5.59 92 141628
Moçarria 1,136 12.12 94 141613
Pernes 1,446 14.06 103 141614
Póvoa da Isenta 1,127 13.90 81 141616
Romeira e Várzea 2,600 32.45 80 141632
Santarém (Marvila), Santa Iria da Ribeira de Santarém, Santarém (São Salvador) e Santarém (São Nicolau) 29,929 55.51 539 141633
Sao Vicente do Paul e Vale de Figueira 2,917 71.82 41 141634
Vale de Santarém 2,920 10.20 286 141625
Santarém district 61,752 552.54 112 1416

Population development

Population in Santarém County
year 1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 2001 2008 2011
Residents 37,304 15,425 41,994 54,701 63,777 62,896 63,563 63,630 62,162

Municipal holiday

  • 19th March

Town twinning

City friendships

  • BulgariaBulgaria Haskovo , Bulgaria (since 1982)
  • Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Tiraspol , Moldova (since 1983)
  • SpainSpain Badajoz , Spain (since 1986)
  • AngolaAngola Lubango , Angola (since 1988)
  • MoroccoMorocco Meknes , Morocco (since 1989)
  • Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau Fulacunda , Guinea-Bissau (since 1989)
  • PortugalPortugal Covilhã , Portugal (since 1991)
  • BrazilBrazil Santarém , Brazil (since 1994)
  • Cape VerdeCape Verde Brava , Cape Verde (since 1995)
  • BrazilBrazil São Vicente , Brazil (since 2000)
  • RomaniaRomania Târgoviște , Romania (since 2001)
  • PortugalPortugal Grândola , Portugal (since 2006)

Cooperation agreement

In preparation

economy

In the Santarém district, the industry is particularly represented in the fields of ceramics, food processing and wood processing, but also with metalworking, chemical and mechanical engineering companies, especially in the Torres Novas - Abrantes - Santarém triangle.

Santarém is the center of the historical Ribatejo province , which is still of great importance for the country for cattle breeding, vegetables, grain and fruit growing. Mention should also be made of fishing, viticulture, olive oil production and trade.

In June 2013, the 50th National Agricultural Exhibition, which was also the 60th Ribatejo Fair, took place on the exhibition grounds of the CNEMA ( Centro Nacional de Exposições e Mercados Agrícolas , German: National Center for Agricultural Exhibitions and Markets) u. a. technological, environmental and energetic problem solutions and innovations in agriculture, exhibition of machine manufacturers, etc. a. agricultural company. There is also the Salão Prazer de Provar tasting pavilion and the nature and tourism fair Expo.Tur - Feira do Turismo Rural e Natureza (German fair for rural tourism and nature). There is also a public fair with product shows, tastings, cooking events and the like. a., which is accompanied by riding events, concerts and other public events. In 2013, the trade fair attracted around 165,000 visitors annually over a three-year period.

Regional train in Santarém station, illuminated at night, September 2012

traffic

The Santarém train station, just outside, is on the country's most important railway line, the Linha do Norte . In addition, the place is integrated into the national bus network of Rede Expressos .

The city is connected by the Ponte D. Luís I with Almeirim and the other parts of the country in the southeast across the Tagus and via the A15 motorway north to the nearby motorway junction with the A1 , the country's most important trunk road. To the south, after crossing the Tagus via the Ponte Salgueiro Maia , the expressway IC10 merges into the A13 , an important connection to the south of the country.

The Santarém airport is used by sports and private aircraft.

Ferdinand of Avis
Estácio de Sá, tiled mural of the founding of the city of Rio de Janeiro
Fernão Teles de Meneses

sons and daughters of the town

Pedro Álvares Cabral , who “discovered” Brazil, who died here , is buried in the former monastery church Igreja da Graça .

literature

Web links

Commons : Santarém, Portugal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c 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. www.verportugal.net , accessed on November 13, 2013
  4. ^ History of the city on the city administration website, accessed November 16, 2013
  5. www.verportugal.net , accessed on November 13, 2013
  6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  7. www.anmp.pt , accessed on November 13, 2013
  8. profile of the city in the online encyclopedia Pathfinder of Porto Editora (paragraph Economia ), accessed on November 16, 2013
  9. ^ Website of the fair , accessed on November 16, 2013
  10. 50th anniversary article on www.verportugal.net, accessed on November 13, 2013
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