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Alferrarede

Former civil parish in Portugal

Field	Value
type	parish
official_name	Alferrarede
region	Centro
municipality	Abrantes
coordinates
area_total	24.06
population_total	3884
population_as_of	2011
dissolved	2013
patron	Nossa Senhora do Rósario
postal_code	2200-074

Alferrarede is a town and a former freguesia ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Abrantes, in Santarém District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Abrantes (São Vicente e São João) e Alferrarede. The population in 2011 was 3,884, in an area of 24.06 km2.

History

The toponymic name Alferrarede was derived from the Latin gypseptum or ferratum referring to iron mines. As established by the local historical society and municipal chamber, which indicated that there existed some mines in these sites, officially registered; although, to this date, there have been no signs or remnants of mines in the region.

Geography

Located near the centre of the municipality, Alferrarede was neighbors with the municipality of Sardoal (in the northeast), and the parishes of Mouriscas (in the east), Pego (in the southeast), São João (in the southwest) and São Vicente (in the west). The right margin of the Tagus River make frontier with Alferrarede and Pego.

Architecture

Civic

Fonte de São José
Quinta do Bom Sucesso (), also referred to as the Quinta da Família Almeida () or Quinta da família Almeida Barberino (); this manor home is registered to include the mansion itself (constructed in the 17th century), the park and the Torre da Marquesa (), also referred to as the Alferrarede Castle.

References

Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 4".
[http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
[http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls Eurostat] {{webarchive. link. (October 7, 2012)

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