Mendiga

Mendiga
Civil parish
Coat of arms
Mendiga Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 39°29′51″N 8°50′52″W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Leiria
District	Leiria
Municipality	Porto de Mós
Disbanded	28 January 2013
Area
• Total	20.01 km^2 (7.73 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	930
• Density	46/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Mendiga is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto de Mós, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 930, in an area of 20.01 km^2.[1] It was first mentioned in 1142[2] but only became a freguesia shortly after 1525. It is home to the multi-sport club ARCD Mendiga. On 28 January 2013 it merged with Arrimal to form Arrimal e Mendiga.[3]

Population of the civil parish of Mendiga[4] (1864–2011) Year Pop. ±% 1864 481 —     1878 541 +12.5% 1890 660 +22.0% 1900 686 +3.9% 1911 782 +14.0% 1920 776 −0.8% 1930 825 +6.3% 1940 961 +16.5% 1950 987 +2.7% 1960 1,019 +3.2% 1970 991 −2.7% 1981 963 −2.8% 1991 938 −2.6% 2001 1,016 +8.3% 2011 930 −8.5%

References

1. "Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Censos 2011". censos.ine.pt. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
2. Gomes, Saul António (2012). Porto de Mós em Tempos Medievais (in Portuguese). Universidade de Coimbra: Centro de História da Sociedade e da Cultura. doi:10.14195/1645-2259_6_1.
3. "Reorganização administrativa do território das freguesias" (PDF). Assembleia da República: 40. 28 January 2013.
4. "Statistics Portugal - Web Portal". www.ine.pt. Retrieved 2022-05-26.