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Borralha

Coordinates: 40°33′16″N 8°26′15″W / 40.55444°N 8.43750°W / 40.55444; -8.43750
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Borralha
Coat of arms of Borralha
Borralha is located in Portugal
Borralha
Borralha
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 40°33′16″N 8°26′15″W / 40.55444°N 8.43750°W / 40.55444; -8.43750
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Região de Aveiro
DistrictAveiro
MunicipalityÁgueda
Area
 • Total9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,230
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

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]

History

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

Places

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  • 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

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Religion

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

References

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  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.