Sobreira

Sobreira
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Porto metropolitan area
District :	postage
Concelho :	Paredes
Coordinates :	41 ° 9 ′  N , 8 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 9 ′  N , 8 ° 23 ′  W
Residents:	4300 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	21.96 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	196 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4585-680
politics
Mayor :	Arnaldo da Rocha Barros
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Sobreira Av. de S. Pedro, 751 4585-680 Sobreira
Website:	sobreira.net

Sobreira is a small town in northern Portugal .

administration

View over the municipality of Sobreira

Sobreira is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Paredes . 4300 inhabitants live in it. (As of June 30, 2011)

The following localities are in the municipality:

Aguim Arco Casconha Castromil Devesa

Estação Fonte da Serra Junqueira Outeiro Pinhal

Quinta Santa Comba Sobreira Valinhos Vilar

The parish church of Sobreira

Architectural monuments

The town's architectural monuments include the medieval bridge Ponte da Casconha and various sacred buildings, including the single-nave parish church Igreja Paroquial de Sobreira , and Igreja de São Pedro , named after its patron saint . The church from 1642, also known colloquially as Igreja Velha (old church), has a side chapel and a bell tower. a. a high altar made of painted wood and side altars.

Web links

• Website about Sobreira (port.)

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. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 8, 2014
4. ↑ ditto