Soure (), officially the Town of Soure (), is a town and municipality of the
Coimbra District
Coimbra District (, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra.
Municipalities
The district is composed by 17 municipalities:
* Arganil
* Cantanhede
* Coimbra
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, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,245,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
/ref> in an area of 265.06 km².[Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país]
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listed as a national monument
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.
The village of Paleão, located a few kilometers from the village of Soure, is one of the largest clusters of houses in the municipality, where the old cotton and linen factory is located.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 10 civil parishes ('' freguesias''):
* Alfarelos
Alfarelos is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the municipality of Soure, Portugal, Soure, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,439, in an area of 13.98 km².
References
Freguesias of Soure, Portugal
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* Degracias e Pombalinho
* Figueiró do Campo
* Gesteira e Brunhós
* Granja do Ulmeiro
* Samuel
* Soure
* Tapeus
* Vila Nova de Anços
* Vinha da Rainha
Soure is one of the few territorially discontinuous municipalities in Portugal. The case of Soure is unique in the Portuguese context, as the discontinuity of the municipality is twofold and is due to the territorial discontinuity of two of its parishes: Degracias and Pombalinho, and Figueiró do Campo.
Degracias and Pombalinho parish has a small exclave embedded between the municipalities of Penela (in the district of Coimbra) and Ansião (in the district of Leiria).
Figueiró do Campo parish has an even smaller exclave, sandwiched between two parishes in the municipality of Montemor-o-Velho, effectively creating a small enclave in this municipality in the district of Coimbra.
Geography
The municipality is bound to the north by the municipality of Montemor-o-Velho, to the northeast by Condeixa-a-Nova, to the east by Penela, to the southeast by Ansião, to the south by Pombal and to the west by Figueira da Foz
Figueira da Foz (), officially Figueira da Foz City (), often called simply Figueira for short, is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. Practically at the midpoint of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coa ...
.
Climate
Population
According to data of National Institute of Statistics (INE), in 2021 the district of Coimbra recorded a population decrease of around 5.0% compared to the results of the 2011 census. In the municipality of Soure, the decrease was around 10.3%.
''(Note: From 1900 to 1950, the data refer to the "de facto" population, that is, those who were present in the municipality at the time the censuses were carried out. Hence, there are some differences in relation to the designated resident population)''
Transport
Railway
Linha do Norte (Northern Line) has four stations in the Soure municipality (from south to north):
* Simoes
* Soure
* Vila Nova de Anços
* Alfarelos (also known as Alfarelos - Granja do Ulmeiro
Comboios Regionais : Linha do Oeste : Lisboa / Mira Sintra-Meleças ⇄ Caldas da Rainha / Coimbra
' («horário em vigor desde 2022.12.11»).Coimbra
Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of .
The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...
direction and twelve in the Entroncamento direction.
Comboios Regionais : Linha do Norte : Entroncamento ⇄ Coimbra
' («horário em vigor desde 2022.12.11»). Esta informação refere-se aos dias úteis.[G. Audigier]
''Guia Official dos Caminhos de Ferro de Portugal'' 168
(1913.10). Pessoa & C.ª / Typ. Horas Romanticas: Lisboa: p.82-83 etc. is a railway station located in the parish of Granja do Ulmeiro. As a junction point for the Alfarelos branch on the Northern Line, it is an important station for rail service connections between Coimbra, Figueira da Foz, Porto, and Lisbon. As of 2023, Alfarelos is served by several types of C.P. passenger trains:
*Commuter train on the Coimbra-Figueira service, typically with 16 trains per day in each direction, some with extended stops (4-8 min.) at this station;
Comboios Urbanos : Coimbra : Coimbra ⇄ Figueira da Foz
' («horário em vigor desde 11 dezembro 2022»). Esta informação refere-se aos dias úteis.
Comboios Regionais : Linha do Norte : Entroncamento ⇄ Coimbra
' («horário em vigor desde 11 dezembro 2022»). Esta informação refere-se aos dias úteis.
Comboios Urbanos : Coimbra : Coimbra ⇄ Figueira da Foz
' («horário em vigor desde 11 dezembro 2022»). Esta informação refere-se aos dias úteis.
Road
A1 motorway passes through Soure municipality and has one exit located southeast of the Paleão village.
Religious sites
There are several Roman Catholic churches in the Soure municipality.
File:Centro_da_Vinha_da_Rainha_3.JPG, Church of Our Lady of Grace in Vinha da Rainha parish
File:Igreja_paroquial_de_Samuel_05.jpg, The parish church of Samuel parish. The Church of Nossa Senhora da Purificação is also known for the image of the devil inside.
File:Capela_N_S_da_Vida_detalhe.jpg, Chapel of Our Lady of Life in Granja do Ulmeiro parish
File:Igreja_Matriz_da_Granja_do_Ulmeiro.jpg, Main Church of Granja do Ulmeiro
References
External links
Photos from Soure
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