Ortigosa, Portugal

Ortigosa is a Portugese village and former civil parish located in the municipality of Leiria, with an area of 12.86 km² and 1971 inhabitants in 2011. In 2013 the parish merged into the new parish Souto da Carpalhosa e Ortigosa.[1] Its patron is Santo Amaro.

Ortigosa
Village
Coat of arms of Ortigosa
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 39.82429726319989°N 8.831861009932727°W / 39.82429726319989; -8.831861009932727
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
DistrictLeiria
MunicipalityLeiria
Established1962
Disbanded2013
Area
 • Total12.86 km2 (4.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,971
 • Density153.3/km2 (397/sq mi)
DemonymOrtigosense
Time zoneUTC

Population
Population of the parish of Ortigosa [2]
1970 1981 1991 2001 2011
1 486 1 658 1 641 1 802 1 971

Geography

Ortigosa is located 14 km from the city center of Leiria and 40 km from Figueira da Foz.

History

The parish of Ortigosa was established on October 2, 1962, encompassing nine villages. With an area of ​​around 13 km², the limits of the parish touched the limits of the villages of Amor, Monte Real, Souto da Carpalhosa, Milagres and Regueira de Pontes.[3] It is believed that most of the places in this village were part of Reguengo do Ulmar, which would mean that until 1291 its fields would have been permanently flooded, which prevented the settlement of populations. That year, D. Dinis ordered the agronomist monks of Alcobaça to dry the wetlands, which became fertile crop fields.

Places
  • Mother Church
  • Chapel of Mrs. da Vitória
  • Mrs. da Paz Chapel
  • Fountains of Santo Amaro

Local activities include football, basketball, judo, modelling, mountain biking, futsal, fishing and horse riding.

References
  1. "Administative reorganisation of the territory of the parishes" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Recenseamentos Gerais da População) - https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes
  3. "Decree law no. 44610" (PDF).
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