Caranguejeira

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Caranguejeira is a comune ( Freguesia ) at the Portuguese circuit ( concelho ) of Leiria. 4697 inhabitants live in it (as at 30 June 2011).

History

The community was created by cleavage of the community Espite in the 16th century. 2001, the place to Vila ( town ) has been charged.

Culture and sights

In addition to the primary school, a stone cross and the chapel Ermida de São Bartolomeu, include the 18th-century parish church Igreja de Paroquial Caranguejeira ( Igreja de São Cristóvão also ) to the architectural heritage of the community.

Management

Caranguejeira is the seat of a municipality of the same name. The neighboring municipalities are ( starting in the north clockwise) Colmeias, Memória, Espite, Matas, Cercal, Arrabal, Pousos, Eufémia and Boa Vista.

The following towns are located in the municipality Caranguejeira:

  • Caldelas
  • Canais
  • Campinos
  • Caranguejeira
  • Casal da Cruz
  • Casal Vermelho
  • Freiria
  • Grinde
  • Lameiras
  • Leão
  • Longra
  • Opeia
  • Outeiro de Caldelas
  • Palmeiria
  • Pereira
  • Souto de Cima
  • Souto do Meio
  • Tubaral
  • Vale Covo
  • Vale da Catarina
  • Vale da Rosa
  • Vale Sobreiro
  • Lagoa da Pedra (some, more districts are among Colmeias, Matas and Espite )

Sons and daughters

  • Joaquim Carreira das Neves ( born 1934 ), theologian
  • Almerindo Marques da Silva ( born 1939 ), economist and manager
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