Santiago do Escoural
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Alentejo Central | |||||
| District : | Évora | |||||
| Concelho : | Montemor-o-Novo | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 32 ′ N , 8 ° 10 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1335 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 138.7 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 9.6 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 7050-556 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Duarte Manuel Vicente da Luz ( CDU ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Santiago do Escoural Praça da República, n.º 1 7050-556 Santiago do Escoural |
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Santiago do Escoural is a place and a freguesia (municipality) in Portugal in the district of Montemor-o-Novo , district of Évora with an area of 138.7 km² and 1335 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). This results in a population density of 9.6 inh / km².
History and sights
In the vicinity there are prehistoric wall paintings in the grotto of Escoural at Herdade da Sala. Also in the area are the megalithic places of worship of Tholos do Escoural or Tholos de Santiago do Escoural.
The place is known for its baroque church of São Brissos. There is also the closed iron ore mine Mina de Nogueirinha in the municipality . The São Brissos chapel is a conversion of a prehistoric to a Christian place of worship.
administration
Santiago de Escoural is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ). The following places are in the municipality:
- Afilhardeira
- Amieira
- Anta
- Azenha
- Azenha de Baixo
- Barbosa
- Biscaia
- Boavista
- Caeiras
- Canas
- Capela
- Carneiro
- Casa Branca
- Casas de Baixo
- Casas de Cima
- Casões
- Castelo
- Catarina Vaz
- Courela da Azenha
- Courela da Bota
- Courela da Casa Nova
- Courela da Misericórdia
- Defesa
- Enxaras
- Escoural
- Lagar
- Lagar de Cima
- Majufa
- Malavesins
- Monte da Carvoeira
- Monte da Casinha
- Monte da Courela
- Monte da Majufa
- Monte da Moagem Velha
- Monte de Telheiros
- Monte do Pomar Guarda
- Monte dos Cagulos
- Monte dos Hectares
- Monte Flores
- Monte Racha Capelos
- Mouzinhos
- Poço da Rua da Prata
- Quinta de Santa Maria
- Quinta do Balão
- Quinta Nova
- Ribeiro
- Rocha
- São Brissos
- Serrinha
- Tapada
- Torre de Monges
- Valinha
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Santiago do Escoural at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Tholos do Escoural
- prehistoric wall paintings at Herdade da Sala
- Website of the municipality at the district
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
