Alvados

Civil parish in Centro, Portugal
39°32′57″N 8°46′8″W / 39.54917°N 8.76889°W / 39.54917; -8.76889Country PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Região de LeiriaDistrictLeiriaMunicipalityPorto de MósDisbanded28 January 2013Area
 • Total10.3 km2 (4.0 sq mi)Population
 (2011)
 • Total497 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)PatronOur Lady of Consolation

Alvados is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto de Mós, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 497, in an area of 10.3 km2.[1] On 28 January 2013 it merged with Alcaria to form Alvados e Alcaria.[2] It's known for its grottoes Grutas de Alvados and Grutas de Santo António (discovered in 1964[3] and 1955[4] respectively).

Population of the
civil parish of
Alvados[5]
(1864–2011)
YearPop.±%
1864 1,154—    
1878 1,214+5.2%
1890 1,276+5.1%
1900 1,443+13.1%
1911 1,476+2.3%
1920 1,539+4.3%
1930 1,712+11.2%
1940 984−42.5%
1950 843−14.3%
1960 761−9.7%
1970 572−24.8%
1981 567−0.9%
1991 554−2.3%
2001 558+0.7%
2011 497−10.9%

References

  1. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Censos 2011". censos.ine.pt. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  2. ^ "Reorganização administrativa do território das freguesias" (PDF). Assembleia da República: 40. 28 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Grutas de Alvados". www.municipio-portodemos.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  4. ^ "Grutas de Santo António". www.municipio-portodemos.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  5. ^ "Statistics Portugal - Web Portal". www.ine.pt. Retrieved 2021-06-15.


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