Vila Pouca da Beira

Vila Pouca da Beira
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Region of Coimbra
District :	Coimbra
Concelho :	Oliveira do Hospital
Coordinates :	40 ° 18 ′  N , 7 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 18 ′  N , 7 ° 55 ′  W
Residents:	354 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	4.29 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	83 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3400-769
politics
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Vila Pouca da Beira R. dos Olivais 3400-769 Vila Pouca da Beira

Vila Pouca da Beira is a locality and former municipality in Portugal .

The pousada of Vila Pouca da Beira

history

The place first received city rights in the 14th century, which were confirmed by King Manuel I on December 20, 1519 . Vila Pouca received its addition da Beira in the 16th century to differentiate between place names with the same name. After it was the seat of an independent district until the beginning of the 19th century, the place belonged to this until the dissolution of the district of Avô in the course of the administrative reform of 1836, after which it belonged to the district of Lourosa . Since its dissolution in 1855, Vila Pouca da Beira has been a parish of the County of Oliveira do Hospital.

As part of the extensive public austerity measures and the announced amalgamation of numerous municipalities across the country, the dissolution of the independent municipality of Vila Pouca da Beira was announced. The district administration rejects the upcoming dissolution of their affected communities.

Partial exterior view of the pousada

Culture and sights

In the former monastery Convento do Desagravo do Santíssimo Sacramento from the 18th century, which shows Baroque and Rococo elements, is now the Pousada Pousada do Dasagravo . The single-aisled, baroque parish church Igreja Paroquial de Vila Pouca da Beira (also Igreja de São Sebastião ) from the early 18th century is also a listed building, as is the stake ( Pelourinho ), which marked the city rights renewed in the 16th century.

administration

Vila Pouca da Beira was a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Oliveira do Hospital . On June 30, 2011 the community had 354 inhabitants on an area of ​​4.3 km².

In the course of the municipal reorganization of Portugal on September 29, 2013, the municipality of Vila Pouca da Beira was merged with Santa Ovaia to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Santa Ovaia e Vila Pouca da Beira . The seat of the new municipality was Santa Ovaia, the previous municipal administration of Vila Pouca da Beira remained as a citizens' office.

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. ↑ www.cm-oliveiradohospital.pt , accessed on December 16, 2012
4. ↑ Newspaper article from November 24, 2012 in the online newspaper Correio da Beira-Serra , accessed on December 16, 2012
5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on December 16, 2012
6. ↑ ditto
7. ↑ Legal text (Portuguese; PDF download 2.4 MB), accessed on February 19, 2015