Torre de Vilela

Coordinates: 40°16′4″N 8°26′2″W / 40.26778°N 8.43389°W / 40.26778; -8.43389
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Torre de Vilela
Torre de Vilela is located in Portugal
Torre de Vilela
Torre de Vilela
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 40°16′4″N 8°26′2″W / 40.26778°N 8.43389°W / 40.26778; -8.43389
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Região de Coimbra
DistrictCoimbra
MunicipalityCoimbra
Established1876
Disbanded28 January 2013
Area
 • Total4.44 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,242
 • Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Torre de Vilela is a former civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,242, in an area of 4.44 km2.[1] It was annexed to Brasfemes until 1876, at which point it became an independent freguesia.[2] On 28 January 2013 it merged with Trouxemil to form Trouxemil e Torre de Vilela.[3]

Population of the
civil parish of
Torre de Vilela[4]
(1890–2011)
YearPop.±%
1890 356—    
1900 282−20.8%
1911 350+24.1%
1920 374+6.9%
1930 440+17.6%
1940 478+8.6%
1950 505+5.6%
1960 579+14.7%
1970 687+18.7%
1981 906+31.9%
1991 1,085+19.8%
2001 1,146+5.6%
2011 1,242+8.4%

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Censos 2011". censos.ine.pt. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  2. ^ "Paróquia de Torre de Vilela". pesquisa.auc.uc.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  3. ^ "Reorganização administrativa do território das freguesias" (PDF). Assembleia da República: 40. 28 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Statistics Portugal - Web Portal". www.ine.pt. Retrieved 2021-06-15.