Borralha

Borralha was a freguesia ("civil parish") in Águeda Municipality, Aveiro District, Portugal. It had an area of 9.6 km2 and in 2011 had a population of 2230.[1]

Borralha
Civil parish
Coat of arms
Borralha Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 40°33′16″N 8°26′15″W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Aveiro
District	Aveiro
Municipality	Águeda
Area
• Total	9.6 km^2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,230
• Density	230/km^2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

History

In 2013 it was merged with Águeda to form the new freguesia of Águeda e Borralha.[2]

Places

• Agueiro
• Alteiralto
• Alto do Vale do Grou
• Amaínho
• Brejo
• Candam
• Carrasqueira
• Casais
• Casarão Castinceira
• Catraia
• Chapado
• Horta Velha
• Lomba
• Machuqueira
• Nova Borralha
• Pinheirais
• Redolho
• S. Tiago
• Vale do Forno
• Vista

Demography

• 
  Population from 1864 to 2011
• 
  Variation of population from 1864 to 2011
• 
  Distribution of population in 2001
• 
  Distribution of population in 2011

Religion

The Portuguese Roman Catholic Church's Diocese of Aveiro includes the Parish of Borralha[3] as part of the archpriestship of Águeda.[4]

References

1. "Junta de Freguesia da Borralha". cm-agueda.pt (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal de Águeda. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
2. "Lei n.º 11-A/2013 de 28 de janeiro" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). 28 January 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
3. "Paróquia de Borralha". diocese-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese). Diocese of Aveiro. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
4. "Arciprestado de Águeda". diocese-aveiro.pt (in Portuguese). Diocese of Aveiro. Retrieved 13 May 2014.