Sardoal

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Sardoal
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Sardoal coat of arms
Sardoal (Portugal)
Sardoal
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Médio Tejo
District : Santarém
Concelho : Sardoal
Coordinates : 39 ° 32 ′  N , 8 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 32 ′  N , 8 ° 10 ′  W
Residents: 2404 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 30.01 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 80 inhabitants per km²
Sardoal district
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Flag of Sardoal Position of the Sardoal district
Residents: 3939 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 92.15 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 43 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 4th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Sardoal
Praça da República
2230-222 Sardoal
President of the Câmara Municipal: Fernando Constantino Moleirinho
Website: www.cm-sardoal.pt

Sardoal is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 2404 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

View of Sardoal

history

A Roman road led through what is now the district area. Sardoal was first officially mentioned in 1313 when it received its city charter ( Foral ) from Queen Elizabeth of Portugal , the Rainha Santa Isabel ( Portuguese for: Holy Queen Isabel). In 1531 King João I elevated Sardoal to vila (small town with extended administrative rights), and in the following year it became an independent district of Abrantes .

Around the time of the Portuguese voyages of discovery at the beginning of the 16th century, the place experienced a heyday. The local facilities of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia charity were opened in 1509 , the seven oil paintings by the Master of Sardoal (Portuguese: Mestre de Sardoal) were created in 1510 , the Igreja da Misericórdia church was consecrated in 1551 , and some of the town's residents took part participated in various voyages of discovery through time.

Sardoal suffered looting and some destruction by French forces during the Napoleonic invasions in the early 19th century.

Culture and sights

The stake ( Pelourinho ) in the historic town center

The architectural monuments of Sardinia include various historical residential houses, stone fountains, public buildings and sacred buildings , including the Convento de Nossa Senhora da Caridade, which dates back to a hospital dating back to 1400 and was built in the 16th century, with its mannerist monastery church ( Igreja do Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora da Caridade ), which already shows baroque features in its furnishings such as azulejos and altarpieces .

In the church Igreja de São Tiago e de São Mateus (Portuguese for: Church of St. Jacobus and St. Matthew) there are seven panel paintings by the still unknown master of Sardoal from the beginning of the 16th century .

The historic town center as a whole is also a listed building.

administration

The circle

Sardoal is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Vila de Rei , Mação and Abrantes .

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

Sardoal district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Alcaravela 904 36.77 25th 141701
Santiago de Montalegre 229 17.00 13 141702
Sardoal 2,404 30.01 80 141703
Valhascos 402 8.37 48 141704
Sardoal district 3,939 92.15 43 1417

Population development

Population in the Sardoal district (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2011
4 213 4 480 5 804 6 863 6 854 5 022 4 430 4 104 3,992 3,948

Municipal holiday

  • September 22

Web links

Commons : Sardoal  - 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. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on February 6, 2013
  5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 6, 2013
  6. ↑ ditto