Seia

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Seia
coat of arms map
Seia coat of arms
Seia (Portugal)
Seia
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District : Guarda
Concelho : Seia
Coordinates : 40 ° 25 ′  N , 7 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 25 ′  N , 7 ° 42 ′  W
Residents: 6336 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 23.7 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 267 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 6270
politics
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Seia
Esplanada Combatentes G Guerra Seia
6270-489 Seia
Website: www.freguesiadeseia.com
Seia district
flag map
Flag of Seia Location of the Seia district
Residents: 24,702 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 435.7 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 57 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 21st
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Seia
Largo Borges Pires
6270 - 494 Seia
President of the Câmara Municipal: Carlos Filipe Camelo Miranda Figueiredo, ( PS )
Website: www.cm-seia.pt

Seia is a municipality and city in Portugal on the northwestern edge of the Serra da Estrela in the Centro region . Seia is known for its Queijo Serra da Estrela cheese and its bread. There are 5,702 people living in the city and 6,923 people in the municipal area.

Ski area near Seia

history

The city was founded as oppidum Sena by Celtiberian Turdulians about 2,400 years ago . After a long Moorish settlement in 1055, King Ferdinand I of León, known here as Fernando Magno , conquered the place who had it fortified. Belonging to the newly founded Kingdom of Portugal , the city received under its then name Civitatem Senam in 1136 the city rights ("Foral") from King Dom Afonso Henriques . In 1510 Manuel I renewed the town charter and enlarged the district ( concelho ) of Seia by some villages. At the beginning of the 19th century, the district was expanded again in the course of administrative reforms, and since the beginning of the 20th century it has comprised today's 29 municipalities (Freguesias) with 115 places. The previous small town ( Vila ) Seia was elevated to a town ( Cidade ) in 1986 .

Culture and sights

Mountain village hiking trail in the Seia district, near Alvoco da Serra

Seia has several museums, including the Museu do Pão (Bread Museum) and the Museu do Brinquedo (Toy Museum ). The youngest museum in the city, the Museu Natural da Electricidade, has been a museum of renewable energies , especially hydropower, since 2011 , with reference to the various hydropower plants in the area. The cultural complex of the Casa Municipal da Cultura (Municipal House of Culture) includes a cinema for 395 spectators, galleries, and a modern congress center with various halls (some with translation booths).

The CISE ( Centro de Interpretação da Serra da Estrela ) is a research institution that deals with the Serra da Estrela and its understanding, but also offers an interactive multimedia permanent exhibition, along with other cultural and didactic offers in its event center.

The annual international film festival for environmental films, the CineEco, has been taking place at CISE since 1995 .

In Seia, opportunities are mainly offered for nature-based sports, such as rafting and canoeing , or hiking and mountain hiking , e.g. B. on special mountain village hiking routes ( Aldeias da Montanha ). Winter sports are seasonal here.

administration

Seia district

Seia is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Guarda district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 24,702 inhabitants in an area of ​​435.7 km².

The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Nelas , Mangualde , Gouveia , Manteigas , Covilhã , Arganil and Oliveira do Hospital .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged to form new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 29 to 21.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in Seia County:

Seia district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Alvoco da Serra 466 37.57 12 091201
Carragozela e Várzea de Meruge 629 10.08 62 091230
Girabolhos 317 17.74 18th 091205
Loriga 1,053 36.25 29 091207
Paranhos 1,503 21.23 71 091208
Pinhanços 716 8.33 86 091209
Sabugueiro 478 40.07 12 091210
Sameice e Santa Eulália 638 14.27 45 091231
Sandomil 917 13.22 69 091212
Santa Comba 834 11.83 71 091213
Santa Marinha e São Martinho 1,629 15.08 108 091232
Santiago 1,205 7.43 162 091216
Sazes da Beira 283 7.79 36 091219
Seia, São Romão e Lapa dos Dinheiros 9,379 53.80 174 091233
Teixeira 187 15.92 12 091221
Torrozelo e Folhadosa 808 10.20 79 091234
Tourais e Lajes 1,713 26.18 65 091235
Travancinha 472 12.47 38 091224
Valezim 310 12.09 26th 091225
Vide e Cabeça 761 56.47 13 091236
Vila Cova à Coelheira 404 7.68 53 091228
Seia district 24,702 435.70 57 0912

Population development

Population in Seia County (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2011
9,993 14,557 31,929 31,283 34,436 31,352 30,362 28,144 27,574 24,641

Town twinning

traffic

A Consolidated PBY-6A of the fire brigade in Aérodromo Seia (1999)

The N339 (IC12) connects Seia to the A23 ( Autoestrada A23 ), 48 km away, and the Portuguese motorway network. Seia is integrated into the national intercity bus network of Rede Expressos .

With the Aérodromo de Seia , the district has an airfield, which is primarily used as a base for aircraft used by the fire brigade (reconnaissance and fire fighting) and the military.

From Monday to Friday there is an urban bus route called Vaievem (German: back and forth) in inner-city round trips. Other regional bus routes are offered by private operators.

economy

Various industrial companies (textile, food processing) are located in the Seia district, including the Portuguese location of Ara shoes. There are also various hydropower plants and facilities of the national electricity supplier EDP ​​in the circle .

As a regional center, Seia holds the most important retail, health, education and administration facilities in the area. Some of them are significant local employers.

Tourism is of particular importance, especially seasonal in winter sports.

sons and daughters of the town

  • Cândido Augusto de Albuquerque Calheiros

  • Afonso Augusto da Costa

  • Andreia Jesus (2007)

  • Cícero Semedo

Web links

Commons : Seia  - 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. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. ↑ http://www.igeo.pt/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_p107_image.html
  5. ↑ www.cm-seia.pt , accessed on December 29, 2012
  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 December 29, 2012
  8. ↑ Note on the city bus route on the city administration's website, accessed on November 16, 2013
  9. ↑ Article of September 13, 2009 in the business section of the daily newspaper Público , accessed on December 29, 2012