Torrão
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Alentejo Littoral | |||||
| District : | Setubal | |||||
| Concelho : | Alcácer do Sal | |||||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 18 ′ N , 8 ° 14 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 2295 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 372.39 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 6.2 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 7595-044 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Virgilio Manuel da Silva ( CDU ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Torrão Praça Bernardim Ribeiro n.º 1 7595-044 Torrão |
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| Website: | www.torrao.freguesias.pt | |||||
Torrão is a municipality in the Alcácer do Sal district with an area of 372.4 km² and 2295 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). The population density is 6.2 inhabitants per km².
history
Already on December 20, 1512 Torrão was granted city rights.
Historical buildings
- Convento de Sao Francisco (Torrão)
- 400 m long Roman road; next to the N2
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso also Capela de Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Torrão) | Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção or Igreja Matriz de Torrão
- Monte da Tumba or Povoado fortificado do Monte da Tumba is a Copper Age fortification that is located on the outskirts.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Bernardim Ribeiro (1482–1552), writer and poet
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Torrão at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website of the local government
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
