Vila Franca da Beira
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
| District : | Coimbra | |||||
| Concelho : | Oliveira do Hospital | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 26 ′ N , 7 ° 52 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 465 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 7.02 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 66 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 3405-630 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | João Manuel Fontes Dinis ( CDU ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Vila Franca da Beira R. do Pinheiro, nº9 3405-630 Vila Franca da Beira |
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| Website: | www.vilafrancadabeira.net | |||||
Vila Franca da Beira is a locality and former municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Oliveira do Hospital . On June 30, 2011 the community had 465 inhabitants on an area of 7 km². Since 2013 it has been part of the newly created municipality of Ervedal e Vila Franca da Beira .
history
Megalithic finds prove a very old settlement of the area by humans. In 1190, the current location was first documented, in a deed of purchase from Queen Dulce , wife of King Sancho I. In 1606, the location came to the University of Coimbra until it returned to the crown in the 19th century. The place also always belonged to the municipality of Ervedal until it became an independent municipality on May 23, 1988.
As part of the extensive public austerity measures and the announced amalgamation of numerous municipalities across the country, the resolution of the independent municipality of Vila Franca da Beira was also decided. The district administration rejected the upcoming resolutions.
In the course of the local reorganization of Portugal after the local elections on September 29, 2013, the municipality of Vila Franca da Beira was finally merged with Ervedal to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Ervedal e Vila Franca da Beira . Ervedal became the seat of the new community.
Culture and sights
In the place are u. a. a granite fountain and the church of Capela Nossa Senhora da Conceição, built from 1875 onwards .
Web links
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
- ↑ www.vilafrancadabeira.net , accessed December 16, 2012
- ↑ Newspaper article from November 24, 2012 in the online newspaper Correio da Beira-Serra , accessed on December 16, 2012
- ↑ Legal text (Portuguese; PDF download 2.4 MB), accessed on February 19, 2015