Pego (Abrantes)

Pego
Parish

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Pego
Coordinates: 39°27′43″N 8°08′56″W / 39.462°N 8.149°W / 39.462; -8.149Coordinates: 39°27′43″N 8°08′56″W / 39.462°N 8.149°W / 39.462; -8.149
Country Portugal
Region Centro
Subregion Médio Tejo
Intermunic. comm. Médio Tejo
District Santarém
Municipality Abrantes
Area
 • Total 36.05 km2 (13.92 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 2,431
 • Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Postal code 2205
Area code 241
Patron Santa Luzia

Pego is a civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Abrantes, in the historic Portuguese district of Santarém. The population in 2011 was 2,431,[1] in an area of 36.05 square kilometres (13.92 sq mi).[2]

History

The parish, one of the older parishes in the municipality, was already identified in the records of that period, dating to 1332.

Geography

Pego is situated in the centre of the municipality of Abrantes; one of the three parishes that do not front other municipalities within Abrantes. Its neighbours include the parishes of Mouriscas (in the northeast); Concavada (in the east); São Facundo and São Miguel do Rio Torto (to the south), Rossio (to the west) and Alferrarede (in the northwest).

Leaving the main city of Abrantes, towards Portalgre on the EN118, following the left margin of the Tagus, intersects the civil parish of Pego. The road leads along the Ribeira de Coalhos to a small plateau with several small low-rise homes: the first indications of a small settled community.

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References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  2. ↑ Direção-Geral do Território


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