Vale do Paraíso (Azambuja)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Lezíria do Tejo | |||||
| District : | Lisbon | |||||
| Concelho : | Azambuja | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 7 ′ N , 8 ° 53 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 880 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 4.44 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 198 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 2050-407 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Armando Jorge Adrião Calixto ( PS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Vale do Paraíso Rua 18 de Dezembro, nº27 2050-407 Vale do Paraíso |
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Vale do Paraíso ( port. For "Valley of Paradise") is a town and municipality in Portugal .
history
According to tradition, the history of the place began around 1500 when a shepherd found a figure of Mother Mary in a tree here . People from the region came here regularly afterwards and a first small chapel was built around 1555. The place name arose in this context through religious exaggeration.
The church underwent a number of extensions and renovations, including a. after nobles from the capital Lisbon fled here from the plague in the 16th century. In particular, the founding of the local order of the Confraria de Nossa Senhora do Paraíso in 1562 in connection with the presence of the nobles ensured the permanent development of the village. After the earthquake in Lisbon in 1755 , the church was again extensively rebuilt. To this day, however, it only has the status of a chapel and belongs to the parish of Aveiras de Cima. It is now a listed building.
The independent municipality of Vale do Paraíso was created in 1916 by splitting off from the municipality of Aveiras de Cima .
Since no doctor has been practicing in the community for a number of years, the community administration has been having routine examinations carried out on site free of charge in cooperation with medical staff from the local fire brigade since autumn 2016. The offer is aimed at the older population in order to save them the trip to the district town.
administration
Vale do Paraíso is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Azambuja in the district of Lisbon . 880 inhabitants live in it on an area of 4 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The community consists only of the place of the same name.
Web links
- Vale do Paraíso website at the Azambuja County Council
- Entry to Vale do Paraíso in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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
- ↑ Entry of the Capela de Nossa Senhora do Paraíso in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on June 24, 2018
- ↑ Falta de médico leva junta de freguesia a promover rastreio - “ Lack of doctors makes the local government carry out investigations” , article from November 14, 2016 in the regional newspaper Valor Local, accessed on June 24, 2018
