Fontarcada

Fonte Arcada e Oliveira

Fonte Arcada e Oliveira

Civil parish in Norte, Portugal

Fonte Arcada e Oliveira is a freguesia ("civil parish") in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso, northern Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Fonte Arcada e Oliveira.[1] The population in 2011 was 1,672,[2] in an area of 11.06 km².[3]

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The village Fonte Arcada (also known as Fontarcada) was the birthplace of Maria da Fonte, leader of the Revolution of Maria da Fonte. Until the start of the 19th century it formed a couto of its own. Its parish church is the church of Fontarcada.

References

  1. [1]
    Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 100-101" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  2. [2]
    Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  3. [3]
    "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.



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