Sousel

Sousel
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Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Alto Alentejo
District :	Portalegre
Concelho :	Sousel
Coordinates :	38 ° 57 ′  N , 7 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 57 ′  N , 7 ° 41 ′  W
Residents:	1932 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	89.28 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	22 inhabitants per km²
politics
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Sousel Largo do Jardim 7470-231 Sousel
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Residents:	5074 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	279.32 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	18 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	4th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Sousel Praça da República, 1 7470-220 Sousel
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Armando Varela ( PSD )
Website:	www.cm-sousel.pt

Sousel is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 1932 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Today's place was built in the 13th century as part of the settlement policy after the completed Reconquista in Portugal. The area of ​​Sousel was officially mentioned for the first time in the town charter for Estremoz issued by King D. Dinis in 1285 . Occasionally, Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360-1431) is ascribed the actual establishment of the village after King D. João I gave him a number of lands for his services, including in 1408 the area of ​​Sousel.

Sousel received its first city rights in 1515 by King D. Manuel I , and in the 17th century it became the seat of an independent district. In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the district was dissolved and restored. The current district with its four parishes has existed since 1898 .

Culture and sights

The architectural monuments include stone fountains, mansions , historical public buildings and sacred buildings , such as the main church Igreja Paroquial de Sousel (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça ) from the 16th century. The historic town center is also a listed building as a whole.

The Projeto Museu dos Cristos is a museum for sacred art that is still under construction, especially its collection of crucifixes . Another place of culture is the municipal library ( Biblioteca Municipal ).

administration

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Sousel is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Avis , Fronteira , Estremoz , Arraiolos and Mora .

The following four municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the district of Sousel:

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local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Cano	1,266	49.43	26th	121501
Casa Branca	1,232	101.00	12	121502
Santo Amaro	644	39.61	16	121503
Sousel	1.932	89.28	22nd	121504
Circle Sousel	5,074	279.32	18th	1215

Population development

Population of Sousel County (1801-2004)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004
1492	4627	5906	8531	10578	7259	6150	5780	5579

Municipal holiday

• Easter Monday

Town twinning

•  São Tomé and Príncipe : Guadalupe (since 1993)
•  France : La Chapelle-Heulin , Loire-Atlantique (since 1993)
•  Bulgaria : Gorna Orjachowiza (in preparation)
•  France : Romorantin-Lanthenay (in preparation)

traffic

The place was connected to the country's railway network via the Ramal de Portalegre railway line until the line was closed in 1990.

The national road N245 leads to the 20 km southern Estremoz and the local connection to the A6 motorway

Private bus companies offer regional bus connections. In addition, the district administration Sousel maintains with the Autocarro Mão Amiga (German about: Autobus Freundliche Hand) a working minibus line in the district on weekdays.

sons and daughters of the town

• Júlio Martins (1878–1922), doctor and politician, repeated Republican minister
• Manuel Assunção (* 1952), physicist and university professor, rector of the University of Aveiro since 2010

Web links

Commons : Sousel  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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

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. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed July 10, 2013
5. ^ History page of the district's website , accessed on July 10, 2013
6. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 10, 2013
7. ↑ ditto
8. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on July 10, 2013
9. ↑ Note on the website of the city administration , accessed on July 10, 2013