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Arganil
Sign in to saveArganil (), officially the Town of Arganil (), is a town and municipality in Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 12,145, in an area of 332.84 km2. The present mayor is Luís Paulo Costa, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is September 7.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Town of Arganil
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- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
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- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Igreja matriz de Vila Cova do Alva 2263.jpg
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- Parish Church of Vila Cova do Alva
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Centro
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Região de Coimbra
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Coimbra
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Luís Paulo Costa
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 332.84
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 12,145
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 14
- Portuguese subdivision.holiday
- September 7
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Arganil (), officially the Town of Arganil (), is a town and municipality in Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 12,145, in an area of 332.84 km2. The present mayor is Luís Paulo Costa, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is September 7.
==History== The oldest traces of the history of the concelho (municipality) of Arganil are located in Lomba do Canho and the dolmen known as Dolmem dos Moinhos de Vento, very close to the town of Arganil. By the chronology of its construction and occupation, centered on the second and third quarters of the first century BC, well before the creation of the province of Lusitania, the military installation of Lomba do Canho corresponds to a phase of appropriation of the territory by the Romans. Not already the beginning of the conquest and submission of local populations, but a second moment of control and exploitation of resources, under the surveillance of a military garrison. Also in Côja (or Coja) it is possible to discover some occupation in older times.