Santiago Maior (Castelo de Vide)

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Santiago Maior
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Santiago Maior
Santiago Maior (Portugal)
Santiago Maior
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Alto Alentejo
District : Portalegre
Concelho : Castelo de Vide
Coordinates : 39 ° 28 ′  N , 7 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 28 ′  N , 7 ° 30 ′  W
Residents: 358 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 58.83 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 6.1 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 7320-114
politics
Mayor : José Alberto Alexandre Tapadejo Borba ( PSD )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Santiago Maior
Junta
7320-114 Santiago Maior
Website: www.jf-santiagomaior.pt

Santiago Maior , also São Tiago Maior , is a municipality in Portugal , in the Alentejo region . The municipality covers part of the urban area of Castelo de Vide and the surrounding area.

The community is best known for its megalithic complexes, which can be found frequently throughout the region. These include the Anta da Várzea dos Mourões , the Anta do Couto do Zé Godinho (also Anta do Vale da Estrada), the Anta do Cerejeiro , the Anta de Melriça and others.

Santiago Maior with its parish church (view from the castle of Castelo de Vide)

history

A large number of Antas document a prehistoric settlement. The present-day town emerged during the medieval Reconquista as part of the settlement that developed around the castle of Castelo de Vide.

For sights and monuments in the municipality, see the list of cultural monuments in the Concelho Castelo de Vide .

administration

Population development in the municipality of Santiago Maior

Santiago Maior is the seat of a parish of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Castelo de Vide in the Portalegre district . 358 inhabitants live in it on an area of ​​59 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following places are in the municipality:

  • Canto das Nogueiras
  • Quinta Fragueira
  • Quinta Nabo
  • Santiago Maior (a parish of Castelo de Vide)

Web links

Commons : Santiago Maior  - 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