Vila Facaia
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Vila Facaia | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Vila Facaia Location in Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′07″N 8°13′25″W / 39.935364°N 8.223500°WCoordinates: 39°56′07″N 8°13′25″W / 39.935364°N 8.223500°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Centro |
| Intermunic. comm. | Comunidade Intermunicipal da Região de Leiria |
| District | Leiria |
| Municipality | Pedrógão Grande |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.32 km2 (6.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 390 m (1,280 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 576 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Postal code | 3270 |
| Area code | 236 |
| Patron | Catherine of Alexandria |
| Website | http://www.jf-vilafacaia.pt |
Vila Facaia is a parish in the municipality of Pedrógão Grande, with an area of 17.32 km² and 579 inhabitants (2011). Its population density is 33.4 hab/km².[1]
About 4 km away is the schist Village of Mosteiro and the Mosteiro river beach (Cacilha).
History[edit]
According to some historians, the settlement of this area took place in the early days of the foundation of Portugal.
The names of the oldest settlements do not go beyond the 12th and 13th centuries, such as: Pobrais, from the archaic "Pobra", designated the establishments of settlers at that time; and Rabigordo, which will have originated in the nickname of one of the medieval settlers, whose estate gave name to the village.
In the origin of the designation Vila Facaia, the term "Vila" represents the archaic sense of the word, an agrarian-territorial possession, appearing "Facaia" as the name or nickname of its first owner.
The town's patron saint, Santa Catarina, suggests that the settlement of this territory is recent, because the devotion to this saint only begins to be noticed among us at that time. Despite everything the Parish will only appear mentioned in the fourteenth century.
Villages in the parish[edit]
Villages in the parish of Vila Facaia: [2]
- Alagoa
- Aldeia das Freiras
- Barraca da Boavista
- Cacilha
- Campelos
- Casal da Horta
- Casal da Pevide
- Casal de Além
- Casal do Cume
- Gravito
- Lameira Cimeira
- Lameira Fundeira
- Moleiros
- Pé da Lomba
- Pinheiro do Bolim
- Pobrais
- Rabigordo
- Ramalho
- Salaborda-Nova
- Salaborda-Velha
- Senhora da Piedade
- Vale da Nogueira
- Várzeas
- Vila Facaia
References[edit]
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Recenseamentos Gerais da População) - https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes
- ↑ "As localidades da Freguesia". Junta de Freguesia de Vila Facaia.
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