Vimeiro (Lourinhã)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Oeste | |||||
| District : | Lisbon | |||||
| Concelho : | Lourinhã | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 11 ′ N , 9 ° 19 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1470 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 7.08 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 208 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 2530-844 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Rui Miguel Martins Santos ( Mais Lourinhã , joint list of PSD and CDS ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Vimeiro Rua Raimundo Apolinário Ferreira 2530-844 Vimeiro |
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Vimeiro is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Lourinhã . 1470 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).
history
Vimeiro was first mentioned in a document from the 12th century. At the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century, the place became an independent municipality.
In 1808 the Battle of Vimeiro took place here. Some of the troops, namely two British brigades, went ashore in nearby Porto Novo. The future General Wellington initially quartered in Vimeiro. On August 21, 1808, the Portuguese-British defense forces under his command met the French invasion army under General Junot here . The French were defeated and broke off their occupation of Portugal by signing the Cintra Convention .
Attractions
A monument in the style of the early 19th century was inaugurated in 1908 on the centenary of the Battle of Vimeiro. A visitor center has also been set up at the site of the battle. In addition, the house in which the British Commander-in-Chief resided is a listed building.
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Other architectural monuments of the municipality are two sacred buildings , including the three-aisled parish church Igreja Paroquial do Vimeiro from the late 15th century. The baroque church, also named Igreja de São Miguel (English: Church of St. Michael) after its patron saint , shows a. Azulejos and altarpieces made of gilded and polished wood.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Nuno Brás da Silva Martins (* 1963), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Funchal
Web links
- The parish on the district's website
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
- ↑ Portrait of the community ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the district administration website, accessed October 26, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on October 26, 2013
