Sernancelhe

Sernancelhe
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Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Douro
District :	Viseu
Concelho :	Sernancelhe
Coordinates :	40 ° 54 ′  N , 7 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 54 ′  N , 7 ° 30 ′  W
Residents:	1181 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	24.31 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km²
Sernancelhe district
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Residents:	5671 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	228.61 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	25 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	13
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Sernancelhe Av. the Tílias 3640 Sernancelhe
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Carlos Silva Santiago ( PSD )
Website:	www.cm-sernancelhe.pt

Sernancelhe is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 5671 inhabitants on an area of ​​228.6 km². ( As of June 30, 2011 )

The main Romanesque church of Sernancelhe (12th century)

history

Traces show a prehistoric settlement from around 3000 BC. BC Romans also lived here. The present place was re-established in the course of the settlement policy in connection with the Reconquista . The first mention of today's place comes from the year 960 AD. At the end of the 10th century Almansor conquered the castle of Sernancelhe, until 1055 Ferdinand I drove the Moors out of the region.

The place received its first city rights in 1124 , which King Alfonso II confirmed in 1220 . King Manuel I renewed the town charter in 1514 .

administration

The historic town hall

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Sernancelhe is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ). The neighboring regions are (starting clockwise in the north): Tabuaço , São João da Pesqueira , Penedono , Trancoso , Aguiar da Beira , Sátão and Moimenta da Beira .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 17 to 13.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Sernancelhe district:

Sernancelhe district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Arnas	220	21.25	10	181801
Carregal	393	20.77	19th	181802
Chosendo	254	11.30	22nd	181803
Cunha	310	17.02	18th	181804
Faia	207	3.63	57	181806
Ferreirim e Macieira	581	22.37	26th	181818
Fonte Arcada e Escurquela	408	19.87	21st	181819
Granjal	272	13.73	20th	181810
Lamosa	179	13.22	14th	181811
Quintela	294	13.77	21st	181814
Penso e Freixinho	370	14.13	26th	181820
Sernancelhe e Sarzeda	1,713	44.78	38	181821
Vila da Ponte	470	12.77	37	181817
Sernancelhe district	5,671	228.61	25th	1818

Population development

Population in the Sernancelhe district (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
2778	3677	10,758	9804	10,200	7499	7020	6227	5671

Municipal holiday

• May 3rd

Town twinning

• Jacou , Hérault department
• Paúl , Santo Antão Island

sons and daughters of the town

• João Rodrigues († 1633), Jesuit missionary in Japan, linguist and translator
• António Ribeiro Saraiva (1800–1890), military, politician, journalist and author, ambassador to England
• Aquilino Ribeiro (1885–1963), writer, with many ties to Germany
• Armando Figueiredo de Lucena (1886–1975), painter, art historian and university professor
• António Cardoso Cunha (1915-2004), Bishop of Beja and Vila Real

Web links

Commons : Sernancelhe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Sernancelhe at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website

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. ↑ History of Sernancelhe ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the district's website, accessed September 19, 2013 
5. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
6. ↑ Website on the partnership with Jacou ( Memento of the original of September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The district website, accessed September 19, 2013 
7. ↑ Website on the partnership with Paúl ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The district website, accessed September 19, 2013