Soure, Portugal

Soure
Municipality

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Coordinates: 40°03′N 8°38′W / 40.050°N 8.633°W / 40.050; -8.633Coordinates: 40°03′N 8°38′W / 40.050°N 8.633°W / 40.050; -8.633
Country  Portugal
Region Centro
Subregion Baixo Mondego
Intermunic. comm. Região de Coimbra
District Coimbra
Parishes 10
Area
 • Total 265.06 km2 (102.34 sq mi)
Highest elevation 531 m (1,742 ft)
Lowest elevation 6 m (20 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 19,245
 • Density 73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)

Soure (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsowɾ(ɨ)]) is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,245,[1] in an area of 265.06 km².[2] It has a castle.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 10 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

  • Alfarelos
  • Degracias e Pombalinho
  • Figueiró do Campo
  • Gesteira e Brunhós
  • Granja do Ulmeiro
  • Samuel
  • Soure
  • Tapeus
  • Vila Nova de Anços
  • Vinha da Rainha

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Direção-Geral do Território Archived 2014-09-29 at Archive.is
  3. ↑ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 116-117" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2014.


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