Pombalinho

Pombalinho
Civil parish
Coat of arms of Pombalinho
Coat of arms
Pombalinho is located in Portugal
Pombalinho
Pombalinho
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 39°20′35″N 8°33′18″W / 39.343°N 8.555°W / 39.343; -8.555
Country Portugal
RegionOeste e Vale do Tejo
Intermunic. comm.Lezíria do Tejo
DistrictSantarém
MunicipalityGolegã
Area
 • Total
7.70 km2 (2.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
448
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code
2150
Area code243

Pombalinho (Portuguese pronunciation: [põbɐˈliɲu]) is a village and a civil parish in the municipality of Golegã, Portugal.[1] The population in 2011 was 448,[2] in an area of 7.70 km2.[3]

History

Located on the right bank of the Tagus River, 22 kilometers northeast of the city of Santarém, in Roman antiquity it was an important satellite town of that city, which was founded by the Romans who occupied the region in the 2nd century BC and named the larger settlement Scalabis. Pombalinho was formerly called Santa Cruz do Pombal but became known from the 18th century onwards by the name of Pombalinho to distinguish it from other villages with the same name, especially the town of Pombal. The 1st Baron of Pombalinho, António Vasques da Cunha de Araújo Porto Carrero, was mentioned on Almeida Garrett's (1799 – 1854) Viagens na Minha Terra (Travels in My Homeland). Before 2013, it was part of Santarém municipality. In 2013 the civil parish of Pombalinho was merged into the municipality of Golegã.

Geography

The territory of this village and respective civil parish, in the fertile Lezíria do Tejo (roughly the same area of the historical province of Ribatejo), is almost exclusively used for agriculture. Pombalinho's festivities take place in the festival of Saint Sebastian from 27 to 29 June, with mass singing, sermon, procession, Cavalhadas, among other activities.

Heraldry

Symbolism of the Coat: The green shield represents agriculture. Aspa checker of red and gold, the combination of the patron saint (Santa Cruz) and colors of the arms of the baron Pombalinho (chess with gold, and the quote of Portocarreras loaded with pictures of red gold, the rocks), and a Roman pavement made recently discovered, with parallelepiped of various colors. Two doves in silver, outlined in the flanks, speaker element. Bunch of grapes silver, sheets of gold, to represent a source of wealth of the parish. Roca linen on edge, with other agricultural production. The flag is yellow, color of the pieces taken from the main shield.

Culture and sports

  • Soccer Field
  • Group of Folklore dancing and singing of Ribatejo - POMBALINHO
  • Vera Cruz Football Club
  • House People's Pombalinho
  • Annual Festivals S. Sebastian

Mayors since 1921

Extended content
Name Term Start. Term End. Party
Júlio José Barreiros 21-February-1921 21-March-1921 Socialist
Manuel Martinho Gameiro 30-April-1921 2-January-1922 Socialist
António Eugénio de Menezes 16-January-1922 17-December-1925 Socialist
Joaquim Gonçalves Ferreira 2-January-1926 7-January-1938 Socialist
Manuel Monteiro Barbosa 7-January-1938 7-January-1942 Socialist
Manuel Gameiro Duarte 28-February-1942 4-January-1946 Socialist
António Alegre Mota 4-January-1946 22-December-1946 Socialist
António Fonseca Barreiros 2-January-1947 3-January-1951 Socialist
Herminio Correia Minderico 3-January-1951 5-January-1960 Socialist
Joaquim Pedro de Menezes 5-January-1960 2-November-1960 Socialist
Diamantino Carvalho 15-November-1963 3-January-1972 Socialist
Francisco Conceição Cruz 3-January-1972 3-October-1973 Socialist
José Carvalho Madeira 3-January-1973 13-January-1975 Socialist
José Carvalho Gomes 13-January-1975 8-January-1977 Socialist
Francisco Brás Barrão Júnior 8-January-1977 4-January-1986 Socialist
Francisco Bispo 4-January-1986 5-January-1990 Communist
Joaquim Manuel Barreiros Mateiro[a] 5-January-1990 31-December-2004 Socialist
Manuel João Bonifácio 28-October-2005 11-October-2009 Socialist
Luís Filipe Júlio 11-October-2009 Incumbent MICP (Mov. Indep. Cidadãos Pombalinho)

Note

  1. ^ Resigned due to health problems.

References

  1. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 53" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.