Alcains
Sign in to saveAlcains is a civil parish in the municipality of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 4,615, in an area of 36.94 km². Alcains is located within the urban agglomeration of Castelo Branco - Covilhã - Guarda, situated 12 km to the north of Castelo Branco, 230 km to the northeast of Lisbon and 280 km southeast from Porto, while 70 km to the west of the Portuguese-Spanish border and 380 km from Madrid). It is served by the A23 motorway highway, by the EN18 and EN352 national roadways, and also a rail-line from Linha da Beira Baixa ().
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Alcains
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Alc.VI-Fonte.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- The Roman-era fountain in the heart of the parish of Alcains
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- Brasão_Alcains.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Centro
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Beira Baixa
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Castelo Branco
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Castelo Branco
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation
- 370
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 36.94
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2021
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 4615
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 6005
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Alcains is a civil parish in the municipality of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 4,615, in an area of 36.94 km². Alcains is located within the urban agglomeration of Castelo Branco - Covilhã - Guarda, situated 12 km to the north of Castelo Branco, 230 km to the northeast of Lisbon and 280 km southeast from Porto, while 70 km to the west of the Portuguese-Spanish border and 380 km from Madrid). It is served by the A23 motorway highway, by the EN18 and EN352 national roadways, and also a rail-line from Linha da Beira Baixa ().
==History== Remote history, indicated by diverse archaeological testaments, indicate a human presence in the area extending back to the pre-historic. During the Neolithic period there were implements discovered in the sites such as the Grulha and Lameira de Curia (today housed in the Museum Tavares Proença Júnior).