Vila Pouca da Beira is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the municipality of

Oliveira do Hospital Oliveira do Hospital () is a municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,855, in an area of 234.52 km². History Inhabited by ancient civilizations, Oliveira do Hospita ...

, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish

Santa Ovaia e Vila Pouca da Beira Santa Ovaia e Vila Pouca da Beira is a civil parish in the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital Oliveira do Hospital () is a municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,855, i ...

. It has a surface area of 5.12 km² and 383 inhabitants (2001). Its population density is 74,8 inhabitants/km². Vila Pouca was an independent municipality until the beginning of the 19th century. In 1801, when it became a parish of Avô, it had 402 inhabitants. The municipality of Avô, and with it Vila Pouca, merged into the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital in 1855. A historical landmark in Vila Pouca is an 18th-century former convent, the ''Convento do Desagravo do Santíssimo Sacramento'' ("Convent of the Soothing of the Blessed Sacrament"). When the last nun of the convent died in the beginning of the 19th century the convent became a military hospital. It ultimately became a

pousada Pousadas de Portugal () is a chain of luxury, traditional or historical hotels in Portugal. Formerly run by the Portuguese State, they are now run by the Pestana Group, which in September 2003 won a public bid for the sale of 37.6% of parent comp ...

around the beginning of the 21st century.
Vila Pouca da Beira-08-Pousada Convento do Desagravo-2011-gje.jpg, Convento Vila Pouca da Beira-16-Pousada Convento do Desagravo-Zimmer-2011-gje.jpg, Room in Pousada Vila Pouca da Beira-18-Pousada Convento do Desagravo-Restaurant-2011-gje.jpg, Restaurant of Pousada Vila Pouca da Beira-28-Pousada Convento do Desagravo-Sao Pedro-2011-gje.jpg, Church Vila Pouca da Beira-12-Pousada Convento do Desagravo-Putten-2011-gje.jpg, Part of an altar Vila Pouca da Beira-42-Pousada Convento do Desagravo-Weinberg-2011-gje.jpg, View from terrace

Persons

Dutch writer

Gerrit Komrij Gerrit Jan Komrij (30 March 1944 – 5 July 2012) was a Dutch poet, novelist, translator, critic, polemic journalist and playwright. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s writing poetry that sharply contrasted with the free-form poetry of his ...

resided in the village.

References

External links

Site of the ''junta de freguesia'' (parish council) of Vila Pouca da Beira
{{Authority control Oliveira do Hospital Villages in Portugal