Serpins

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Serpins
coat of arms map
Serpins Coat of Arms
Serpins (Portugal)
Serpins
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Region of Coimbra
District : Coimbra
Concelho : Lousã
Coordinates : 40 ° 9 ′  N , 8 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 9 ′  N , 8 ° 12 ′  W
Residents: 1802 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 36.12 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 50 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 3200-318
politics
Mayor : João Pereira ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Serpins
Apartado 8
3200-318 Serpins
Website: www.junta-serpins.pt

Serpins is a town and municipality in Portugal .

history

The Serpins Parish Church

The village probably already existed under Roman rule and was officially documented for the first time under Arab rule in 943. King D. Manuel I gave Serpins town rights in 1514 and made it the seat of a separate administrative district as a vila .

In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the subsequent Miguelistenkrieg , the independent Serpins district was dissolved in 1836.

The place then took off from 1930 with the extension of the Ramal da Lousã railway to Serpins. As a result, a number of industrial companies emerged, especially wood processing. Mention should be made of the Fábrica de Papel do Boque paper mill .

administration

Serpins is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Lousã , in the district of Coimbra . On June 30, 2011 the community had 1802 inhabitants on an area of ​​36.1 km².

The following villages and districts belong to the Serpins municipality:

  • Alcaide
  • Almas
  • Amiais
  • Avessada
  • Bairro da Estação
  • Boavista
  • Braçal
  • Breja
  • Cabril
  • Campos
  • Casal de Santo António
  • Casal São Miguel
  • Catassilva
  • Chã
  • Codessais
  • Covas
  • Feira dos Bois
  • Fonte Fria
  • Gândara
  • Golpilhares
  • Levegadas
  • Lomba
  • Lomba de Alveite
  • Maria Mendes
  • Matas
  • Moinho Velho
  • Moinhos
  • Outeiro
  • Passal
  • Pereiro
  • Pico
  • Ponte
  • Póvoa
  • Quatro Águas
  • Quinta
  • Rascoas
  • Redoiça
  • Relvas
  • Ribeira Cimeira
  • Ribeira do Conde
  • Ribeira Fundeira
  • Rodas
  • Santo Aleixo
  • Santo Ovídeo
  • Serobela
  • Silvares
  • Soutelã
  • Soutelo
  • Terra da Gaga
  • Tojal
  • Valada
  • Vale Carvalhos
  • Vale Figueira
  • Vale Madeiros
  • Vale Raíz
  • Valeiro
  • Vila Cova do Barro
Regional trains of the CP series 0350 in Serpins station (2008)

traffic

The place had been connected to the country's railway network since 1930, with its station on the Ramal da Lousã line . In 2009 operations were stopped to build the Mondego Metro . In the wake of the country's financial crisis as a result of the 2007 international banking crisis, the project has been suspended for the time being. The line has since replaced rail replacement services with buses.

Serpins is connected to the district town of Lousã, about 8 km to the south-west, via the national road N342. To the northeast, the N342 crosses after about 4 km the national road N2 at Vila Nova do Ceira , which leads to the small town of Góis, located 6 km to the east, and to the district capital of Coimbra , located about 30 km to the west .

Web links

Commons : Serpins (Lousã)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ^ History of Serpins on the municipal administration website, accessed March 1, 2015