Freitas_(Portugal)

Freitas (Portugal)

Freitas (Portugal)

Add article description

Freitas is a village and a former civil parish in the municipality of Fafe, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Freitas e Vila Cova.[1]

The civil parish has an area 6,24 km2, with 745 inhabitants for a density of 119,4 people/km² (2001 census).

The first lord of the village, a contemporary of the first king of Portugal, around 1164, became known as João das Freitas, hence initiating the surname Freitas.[2]

In an adjacent civil parish, Travassós, there is a second, smaller village named Freitas. A small family's last name originates from this village with the last name:Freyta

References

  1. [1]
    Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 47" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. [2]
    Origin and meaning of the surname Freitas. Archived 2007-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

41.513°N 8.211°W / 41.513; -8.211


Stub icon

This Braga District location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Freitas_(Portugal), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.