Sousel Municipality
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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Sousel is a small town ( Vila ) and a circle ( concelho ) in Portugal with 1943 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2011).
History
The present town was built in the 13th century, in the course of settlement policy after the completed Reconquista in Portugal. Was first officially mentioned the tract of land in Sousel issued by King D.Dinis city charter for Estremoz in 1285th Nuno Álvares Pereira Occasionally ( 1360-1431 ) attributed to the actual local establishment after King D.João him for his services I. a range lands were, including in 1408 the area of Sousel.
First City rights were granted in 1515 by King Sousel D.Manuel I., and in the 17th century it became the seat of an independent circuit. In the course of administrative reform by the Liberal Revolution in 1822 the district was abolished and restored. Since 1898, there is the present district with its four municipalities.
Culture and sights
Architectural monuments include, inter alia, Stone fountain, stately homes, historic public buildings and religious buildings, such as the main church Igreja de Paroquial Sousel (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça ) from the 16th century. The historical town center as a whole is under monument protection.
The Projeto Museu dos Cristos is a further under construction is a museum of sacred art, especially his collection of crucifixes is mentioned. Another cultural center is the town library ( Biblioteca Municipal).
Management
Circle
Sousel is the administrative seat of the homonymous district. The neighboring districts are ( clockwise beginning in the north): Avis, fronteira, Estremoz, Arraiolos and Mora.
The following four municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Sousel:
- Cano
- Casa Branca
- Santo Amaro
- Sousel
Demographics
Local holiday
- Easter Monday
Twinning
- Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe: Guadalupe ( since 1993)
- France France: La Chapelle- Heulin, Loire -Atlantique (since 1993)
- Bulgaria: Gorna Oryahovitsa ( potential future )
- France France: Romorantin- Lanthenay ( potential future )
Traffic
Cross the railway line Ramal de Portalegre the place was tied up to line closure in 1990, the railway network in the country.
The national road N245 leads, 20 km south Estremoz and the local connection to the motorway A6
Private bus companies offer regional bus services. In addition, the district administration Sousel maintains the Autocarro Mão Amiga (English about: bus friendly hand ) a working day functioning minibus line in a circle.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Júlio Martins (1878-1922), physician and politician, repeated Republican Minister
- Manuel Assunção ( born 1952 ), physicist and university lecturer, since 2010 Rector of the University of Aveiro