Paialvo

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Paialvo
Civil parish
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Paialvo
Coordinates: 39°33′47″N8°27′58″W / 39.563°N 8.466°W / 39.563; -8.466 Coordinates: 39°33′47″N8°27′58″W / 39.563°N 8.466°W / 39.563; -8.466
Country Portugal
Region Centro
Intermunic. comm. Médio Tejo
District Santarém
Municipality Tomar
Area
 • Total 22.31 km2 (8.61 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 2,599
 • Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)

Paialvo is a Portuguese freguesia ("civil parish") located in the municipality of Tomar. The population in 2011 was 2,599, [1] in an area of 22.31 km². [2]

Portugal Republic in Southwestern Europe

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe, being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments.

Freguesia third level local administrative unit in 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 a local administrative unit in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau. 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.

Municipality An administrative division having corporate status and usually some powers of self-government or jurisdiction

A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.

Paialvo Parish consists of thirteen places/villages: Bexiga, Carrascal, Carrazede, Casal Barreleiro, Charneca da Peralva, Curvaceiras, Delongo, Fontaínhas, Mouchões, Paialvo, Peralva, and Soudos e Vila Nova.

In 1801 its population was 1407 inhabitants.

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References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  2. ↑ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país


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