Alvaiázere

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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Alvaiázere is a small town ( Vila ) with 1685 inhabitants in the Portuguese Centro Region. It is the seat of a circle ( concelho ) with 7283 inhabitants in an area of 160.5 km ² (as of June 30, 2011 ).

History

The place dates back to a Bronze Age settlement of the Castro culture. The incoming from the 2nd century the Romans settled in the settlement, which finds such as coins or everyday objects testify. As part of its acquisition of land from 711 the Moors took the place that owes its present name this time. He probably goes to the Arab al - bai - zir ( " aromatic plants" ) back, and is likely to reach about Alva Alva Varze and várzea its present form. Other theories see the Arabic al - Baiaz ( " the falconer " ) as the origin of the place name.

King D.Sancho II populated the destroyed during the Reconquista new place and gave him 1200 first town rights. 1385 ( small town with administrative rights ) was Alvaiázere by King D.João I. Vila for gathered and has since been the seat of its own circle. 1514 King renewed D.Manuel I. municipal rights.

Management

Circle Alvaiázere

Alvaiázere is the administrative seat of the homonymous district ( concelho ) in the district of Leiria. The neighboring districts are ( clockwise beginning in the north): Ansiao, Figueiró dos Vinhos, Ferreira do Zêzere, Vila Nova de Ourém and Pombal. The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Alvaiázere:

  • Almoster
  • Alvaiázere
  • Macas de Caminho
  • Macas de Dona Maria
  • Pelma
  • Pussos
  • Rego da Murta

Demographics

Local holiday

Twinning

Sons and daughters

  • Fernando Lopes (1935-2012), film director, co-founder of Novo Cinemas
  • Arlindo de Carvalho ( born 1945 ), politician, Minister of Health in the Cabinet Cavaco Silva II ( to 1991)
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