Vila Cova a Coelheira (Seia)
Vila Cova à Coelheira | ||||||
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Beiras e Serra da Estrela | |||||
District : | Guarda | |||||
Concelho : | Seia | |||||
Coordinates : | 40 ° 23 ′ N , 7 ° 44 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 404 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 7.68 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 53 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 6270-644 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | João Manuel Marques Ferreira | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Vila Cova à Coelheira Av. 1º Maio 6270-644 Vila Cova à Coelheira |
Vila Cova à Coelheira (often just Vila Cova for short ) is a town and municipality in Portugal . Some rivers and streams in the municipality offer bathing opportunities at river swimming pools, especially on the Rio Alva .
history
Some finds point to a prehistoric settlement. The Romans left a Roman bridge here . The present-day location probably emerged during the medieval Reconquista . The earliest documented mention of the place dates back to 1138. City rights of the town was granted in the first half of the 16th century (1514 or 1519) by King D. Manuel I .
Vila Cova à Coelheira remained the seat of a district until the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the following Miguelistenkrieg in 1834. It then belonged to Sandomil , until this district was dissolved in 1855 and Seia was incorporated.
administration
Vila Cova à Coelheira is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Seia , in the Guarda district . It has 404 inhabitants on an area of 7.7 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
Web links
- Brief portrait of the community of Vila Cova à Coelheira on the website of the Seia district administration (port.)
- Blog about Vila Cova à Coelheira (port.)
- Video clip with old and new photos from Vila Cova à Coelheira , 12-minute clip on YouTube
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 stake from Vila Cova à Coelheira in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (see under Cronologia ), accessed on March 18, 2015
- ↑ Brief portrait of the community of Vila Cova à Coelheira on the website of the Seia district administration, accessed on March 18, 201