Vila Chã de Ourique

Vila Chã de Ourique
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Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Lezíria do Tejo
District :	Santarém
Concelho :	Cartaxo
Coordinates :	39 ° 10 ′  N , 8 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 10 ′  N , 8 ° 46 ′  W
Residents:	2771 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	33.22 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	83 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2070

Vila Chã de Ourique is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Cartaxo . It has 2,771 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

According to the hypotheses of historians, the Battle of Ourique may have taken place here in 1139 , which is considered to be the date of the founding of Portugal . In the vicinity of the village, a so-called Kochberg mountain was excavated, which could contain the remains of the dead.

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