Freitas (Portugal)
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Freitas is a village in Northern Portugal
. It is the seat of an eponymous "freguesia
" (Portuguese for civil parish), which in turn is part of the "concelho
" (municipality) of Fafe.
The civil parish has an area 6,24 km², with 745 inhabitants for a density of 119,4 people/km² (2001 census).
The first lord of the village, a contemporary of the first king of Portugal, around 1164, became known as João das Freitas, hence initiating the surname Freitas.
In an adjacent civil parish, Travassós, there is a second, smaller village named Freitas.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. It is the seat of an eponymous "freguesia
Freguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
" (Portuguese for civil parish), which in turn is part of the "concelho
Concelho
Concelho , in the Portuguese language, is the word municipality, when referring to the territory. The word município is used when municipality means the organ of State...
" (municipality) of Fafe.
The civil parish has an area 6,24 km², with 745 inhabitants for a density of 119,4 people/km² (2001 census).
The first lord of the village, a contemporary of the first king of Portugal, around 1164, became known as João das Freitas, hence initiating the surname Freitas.
In an adjacent civil parish, Travassós, there is a second, smaller village named Freitas.