Tramagal

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Tramagal
coat of arms map
Tramagal coat of arms
Tramagal (Portugal)
Tramagal
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Médio Tejo
District : Santarém
Concelho : Abrantes
Coordinates : 39 ° 25 ′  N , 8 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 25 ′  N , 8 ° 15 ′  W
Residents: 3500 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 24.1 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 145 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor : Vítor Hugo Braz Vicente Cardoso ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Tramagal
Rua Eng. Manuel, nº 336
2205-699 Tramagal

Tramagal is a small town ( vila ) in Portugal .

Location of the parish in the Abrantes district

history

Since June 24, 1754, the place has been the seat of an independent municipality. It took off after Eduardo Duarte Ferreira (1856–1948) expanded his flourishing iron workshop here in 1920 into a machine factory, the Grande Fábrica de Metalúrgica with initially 250 workers, later Fábrica de Máquinas Agrícolas do Tramagal . The manufacture of vehicles for the military in the Portuguese colonial war from 1961 allowed the number of workers to grow to well over 3,000. After the Carnation Revolution in 1974 and the subsequent end of the colonial war, the factory began to decline. In the meantime, it produced automobiles for the Portuguese brand Portaro and was thus able to secure its existence. As a result of the market opening after Portugal joined the EU in 1986, the factory ran into serious difficulties and was closed in 1995.

On July 3, 1986 Tramagal was elevated to a small town.

administration

Population development in the municipality of Tramagal (1864–2011)

Tramagal is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Abrantes , in the Santarém district . The municipality has an area of ​​24.1 km² and has 3500 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

There are two villages in the municipality:

  • Crucifixo
  • Tramagal

economy

The Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Europe truck plant, which is part of Daimler Trucks, is the largest employer in the community. The work emerged from the Fábrica de Máquinas Agrícolas do Tramagal , which u. a. Produced agricultural machinery and automobiles for the Portuguese brand Portaro .

Web links

Commons : Tramagal (Abrantes)  - 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 the Tramagal municipality on the Abrantes County Administration website, accessed on September 12, 2015