Secarias
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
| District : | Coimbra | |||||
| Concelho : | Arganil | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 14 ′ N , 8 ° 2 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 430 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 6.94 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 62 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 3300-450 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Antonio Souto de Carvalho | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Secarias Largo do Rossio, nº 1 3300 - 450 Secarias |
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| Website: | www.jfsecarias.pt | |||||
Secarias is a place and a municipality in Portugal .
history
A local dolmen proves the prehistoric settlement of the municipality. The first settlement is estimated to have been around 5,000 years ago, as evidenced by finds, including arrowheads, axes and jewelery chains.
With the Castro da Lomba do Canho there was a fortified settlement of the Castro culture , which was established after the conquest of the area in the 2nd century BC. Chr. By Romans inhabited and turned into a military camp. The Portuguese historian and archaeologist Dr. Castro Nunes found the complex in 1956, which has been a listed building since 1959.
Queen D. Teresa gave Secarias to the Bishop of Coimbra , which has since been administered as a separate parish from Arganil.
administration
Secarias is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Arganil in the Coimbra district . 430 inhabitants live in it on an area of 7 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities are in the municipality:
- Catraia
- Cansado
- Pai Espada
- Secarias
- Vale Peitalva
literature
- Secarias . In: Isabel Silva (ed.): Dicionário Enciclopédico das Freguesias . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : Aveiro, Coimbra, Leiria, Santarém e Viseu . Minha Terra, Matosinhos 1997, ISBN 972-96087-5-X , pp. 152 (Portuguese).
Web links
- Secarias Municipal Council website
- Website for Secarias at the Arganil district administration
- Entry Secarias in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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
- ↑ a b c Website on the history of Secaria at the municipal administration, accessed on December 23, 2018
- ↑ Entry by Castro da Lomba do Canho in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on December 23, 2018
