Sobral de Monte Agraço
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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Sobral de Monte Agraço is a small town ( Vila ) in Portugal.
History
The first mention of this place can be found in the deed of gift of the king D.Sancho I., who gave the territory of Soveral on October 1, 1186 the bishop of Évora, D.Paio. In the course of time, a populous village on Monte Agraço (English: Mountain Agraço ) developed, near the church Igreja de São Salvador and located the city hall.
King D.João I. rewarded with some privileges in 1386 the loyalty of the place in the revolution in 1383, with the independence of the Kingdom of Portugal was secured. King D.Manuel I gave Monte Agraço 1518 city rights.
In the area of Sobral de Monte Agraço General Wellington, built in 1810, some of his fortifications of the lines of Torres Vedras, a line of defense against the Napoleonic invasions. An independent group was Sobral de Monte Agraço 1821. During the administrative reforms of the Liberal Revolution in 1822 the county was dissolved in 1832, and restored in 1836. In 1887, he was merged with Arruda dos Vinhos and was the seat of the new circle to be detached and independent again since 1898.
Management
The circle
Sobral de Monte Agraço is the administrative seat of the homonymous district ( concelho ) in the District of Lisbon. June 30, 2011 had the circle 10,158 inhabitants in an area of 52.1 km ².
The neighboring districts are ( clockwise beginning in the north): Torres Vedras, Alenquer, Arruda dos Vinhos and Mafra.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the county Sobral de Monte Agraço:
- Santo Quintino ( Sobral de Monte Agraço )
- Sapataria
- Sobral de Monte Agraço
Population growth
Local holiday
- Ascension of Christ
Traffic
With Pero Negro and Sapataria two break points of the railway line Linha do Oeste are in the district, but has the Sobral approximately 5 km east of the station Pero Negro lying de Monte Agraço not have its own train station.
The A8 motorway is approximately 8 km away, the next driveway No.8 ( Enxara do Bispo ). The national road N248 passes through the city and connects it to the 18km northeast lying Torres Vedras and 10 km southeast lying Arruda dos Vinhos.
The public transport system is operated by private bus companies lines.
Sons and daughters of the town
- José António Freire Sobral (1840-1905), landowner in São Tomé and Príncipe, grandfather of the artist José Sobral de Almada Negreiros
- Trovão Lucas (1907-1993), architect V.A. in Luanda and Lisbon, including the famous main administration building of Caixa Geral de Depósitos
- Pedro Caldeira (* 1950), becoming known investment advisors and stock brokers
- Fabio Silvestre (* 1990), cyclist