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Batalha (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐˈtaʎɐ] (listen)) is a town and a municipality in Leiria District, Pinhal Litoral Subregion, Centro Region, Portugal. The town's name means "battle". The municipality population in 2011 was 15,805,[1] in an area of 103.42 km2 (39.93 sq mi).[2] The town proper has around 8,548 inhabitants in an area of 28.42 km2 (10.97 sq mi).[3] The municipality is limited to the North and West by the municipality of Leiria, to the East by Ourém, to the Southeast by Alcanena and to the Southwest by Porto de Mós.

Batalha
Municipality
Coordinates: 39°39′N 8°48′W
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Região de Leiria
DistrictLeiria
Parishes4
Area
  Total103.42 km2 (39.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total15,805
  Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitewww.cm-batalha.pt

The town was founded by King D. João I of Portugal, jointly with the Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória na Batalha, to pay homage to the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Aljubarrota (August 14, 1385) that put an end to the 1383–1385 Crisis.


History


Although there are countless traces throughout the region that allude to a human occupation since prehistoric times, passing through the Roman period and, successively, throughout history (it is believed that the Roman settlement of Collipo, originally of the Turduli people, established in São Sebastião do Freixo), Vila da Batalha owes its origin to the construction of the Santa Maria da Vitória Monastery. In fact, Batalha was born with the Avis Dynasty and the consolidation of Independence in 1385.[4]

The administrative figure of the parishes is only drawn and defined throughout the second half of the 19th century, with Liberalism, so that on September 14, 1512, when the Prior-Major of Santa Cruz de Coimbra, D. Pedro Vaz Gavião, creates the parish of Batalha, it is evidently the seat that, however, delimits and is the first form of future civil parish.[4]


Demography


Population of the municipality of Batalha (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2011
2510 2445 7107 9634 13 811 12 588 13 329 15 002 15 542 15 805

Monuments


Details of Gothic architecture in the Monastery of Batalha
Details of Gothic architecture in the Monastery of Batalha
Statue of Nuno Álvares Pereira, next to Batalha Monastery
Statue of Nuno Álvares Pereira, next to Batalha Monastery

Natural heritage


Grutas da Moeda
Grutas da Moeda

Parishes


Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):[5]


International relations


Batalha is twinned with:


Notable people



References


  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. "Dados Estatísticos". Freguesia de Batalha (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. "História". Freguesia de Batalha (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 24" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  6. "Geminações de Cidades e Vilas - Batalha". www.anmp.pt. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  7. "Joinville-le-Pont - Portal do Município da Batalha". cm-batalha.pt. Retrieved 2019-10-28.




На других языках


- [en] Batalha, Portugal

[es] Batalha (Portugal)

Batalha es una villa portuguesa del distrito de Leiría, região Centro y comunidad intermunicipal de Leiría, con cerca de 15 500 habitantes.

[ru] Баталья (Португалия)

Баталья (порт. Batalha; [bɐ'taʎɐ]) — посёлок городского типа в Португалии, центр одноимённого муниципалитета в составе округа Лейрия. Численность населения — 7,5 тыс. жителей (посёлок), 15,8 тыс. жителей (муниципалитет). Посёлок и муниципалитет входит в экономико-статистический регион Центр и субрегион Пиньял-Литорал. По старому административному делению входил в провинцию Бейра-Литорал.



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