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Caldas Da Rainha Municipality
Caldas da Rainha () is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the district of Leiria. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and of the Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste (OesteCIM, Intermunicipal Community of the West). At the 2011 census, the municipality had a population of 51,729 in an area of , with 30,343 residing in the city. Although the city itself lies about inland, three of the municipality's civil parishes lie on the Atlantic Ocean. Caldas da Rainha is best known for its sulphurous hot springs and ceramic pottery. The settlement was founded in the 15th century by Queen Leonor (Rainha Dona Leonor), who established a hospital and a church at the site of some therapeutic hot springs. The Hospital Termal Rainha D. Leonor (Queen Leonor Spring Water Hospital, or Thermal Hospital) is the oldest purpose-built institution of its kind in the world, with five centuries of history. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Portugal
The municipality ( pt, município or ''concelho'') is the second-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. As a general rule, each municipality is further subdivided into parishes (''freguesias''); the municipalities in the north of the country usually have a higher number of parishes. Six municipalities are composed of only one parish, and Barcelos, with 61 parishes, has the most. Corvo is, by law, the only municipality with no parishes. Since the creation of a democratic local administration, in 1976, the Portuguese municipalities have been ruled by a system composed of an executive body (the municipal chamber) and a deliberative body (the municipal assembly). The municipal chamber is the executive body and is composed of the president of the municipality and a number of councillors proportional to the municipality's population. The municipal assembly is composed of the presidents of all the parishes that compose the municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freguesia (Portugal)
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau (until 2001). In the past, was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The ''parroquia'' in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a ''freguesia''. A ''freguesia'' is a subdivision of a ''município'' (municipality). Most often, a parish takes the name of its seat, which is usually the most important (or the single) human agglomeration within its area, which can be a neighbourhood or city district, a group of hamlets, a village, a town or an entire city. In cases where the seat is itself divided into more than one parish, each one takes the name of a landmark within its area or of the patron saint from the usually cot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidais
Vidais is one of twelve civil parishes (''freguesias'') in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha Caldas da Rainha () is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the district of Leiria. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and of the Comunidad ..., Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,155,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 21.49 km². [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tornada E Salir Do Porto
Tornada e Salir do Porto is one of twelve civil parishes (''freguesias'') in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha Caldas da Rainha () is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the district of Leiria. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and of the Comunidad ..., Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Tornada and Salir do Porto. The population in 2011 was 4,358, in an area of 29.53 km². Villages *Bairro Social *Campo *Chão da Parada *Reguengo da Parada *Casais Morgados *Mouraria *Casais de Salir do Porto *Bouro References Freguesias of Caldas da Rainha {{leiria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Catarina (Caldas Da Rainha)
Santa Catarina is one of twelve civil parishes ('' freguesias'') in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. The civil parish has an area of and had a population of 3,029 at the 2011 census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in .... Its main economic activities are leather goods industry, construction, agriculture, horticulture, livestock production, trade, but it is its cutlery industry that makes Santa Catarina known internationally. Câmara Municipal de Caldas da Rainha Villages *Peso *Vigia *Cumeira *Mouraria *Casal do Rio *Casal d ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salir De Matos
Salir de Matos is one of twelve civil parishes (''freguesia (Portugal), freguesias'') in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. The civil parish has an area of and had a population of 2,583 at the 2011 census. (Click "Change selection conditions" to choose the parish under Portugal > Continente > Centro > Oeste > Caldas da Rainha.) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadadouro
Nadadouro is one of twelve civil parishes ('' freguesias'') in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,904, in an area of 10.60 km². The parish of Nadadouro borders the popular tourist destination of the Lagoa de Óbidos which is a lagoon located in the municipalities Óbidos and Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Foz do Arelho.Lagoa de Óbidos The Lagoa de Óbidos is a lagoon that extends between the municipalities of Óbidos and Caldas da Rainha, in the Oeste region of Portugal. It is situated in a shallow depression, defined by unstable irregular contours close to the sea; it is a ... Villages *Alto *Alto Nobre *Barrosa *Casal Avé Maria *Casais de Baixo *Casal das Salgueiras *Casal dos Chãos *Cumeira *Casal Novo *Casais da Fonte *Corujeira *Casais do Vale de Égua *Casais do Regato *Casinhas *Cercas *Covões *Poça dos Ninhos *Panascosas *Pedreirinha *Touguio References Freguesias of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landal
Landal is one of twelve civil parishes (''freguesias'') in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. The civil parish has an area of and had a population of 1,051 at the 2011 census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in .... (Click "Change selection conditions" to choose the parish under Portugal > Continente > Centro > Oeste > Caldas da Rainha.) References Freguesias of Caldas da Rainha {{Leiria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foz Do Arelho
Foz do Arelho is one of twelve civil parishes ('' freguesias'') in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha Caldas da Rainha () is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the district of Leiria. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and of the Comunidad ..., Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,339, in an area of 9.62 km². Geographic situation Foz do Arelho is located 8 km west of Caldas da Rainha, in the northwest end of the council, and is limited north by the Atlantic Ocean and by the parish of Serra do Bouro. By South is delimited by the ocean basin of Lagoa de Óbidos (Óbidos Lagoon) and the parish of Nadadouro. East by the limits between the parishes of Serra do Bouro and Nadadouro and West by the ocean basin of Lagoa de Óbidos and the Atlantic Ocean. History Foz do Arelho started as being a small village belonging to the parish of Serra do Bouro, and was promo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carvalhal Benfeito
Carvalhal Benfeito is one of twelve civil parishes (''freguesias'') in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. The civil parish has an area of and had a population of 1,279 at the 2011 census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in .... (Click "Change selection conditions" to choose the parish under Portugal > Continente > Centro > Oeste > Caldas da Rainha.) Villages *Santana *Cabeça-Alta *Cruzes *Antas *Barrocas *Quinta do Bravo *Osseira *Eiras *Oliveirinha *Casal Fialho *Casal Pinheiro *Casal dos Carvalhos *Casal das Ladeiras *Hortas *Mestras *Vale da Vaca *Casal Novo *Vale das Cuvas *Casal da Azenha References Freguesias of Caldas da Rainha {{Leiria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldas Da Rainha — Santo Onofre E Serra Do Bouro
Caldas da Rainha — Santo Onofre e Serra do Bouro is one of twelve civil parishes (''freguesias'') in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Caldas da Rainha — Santo Onofre and Serra do Bouro. The population in 2011 was 11,926,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 27.51 km². Along with , Santo Onofre is one of the two pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldas Da Rainha — Nossa Senhora Do Pópulo, Coto E São Gregório
Caldas da Rainha — Nossa Senhora do Pópulo, Coto e São Gregório is one of twelve civil parishes (''freguesias'') in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha Caldas da Rainha () is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the district of Leiria. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and of the Comunidad ..., Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Caldas da Rainha — Nossa Senhora do Pópulo, Coto and São Gregório. The population in 2011 was 18,417,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 31.69 km². Re ...
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