644:. The average land area of a Portuguese parish is about 29.83 km (11.52 sq mi) and an average population of about 3,386 people. The largest parish by area is Alcácer do Sal (Santa Maria do Castelo e Santiago) e Santa Susana, with a land area of 888.35 km (342.99 sq mi), and the smallest parish by area is São Bartolomeu (Borba), with a land area of 0.208 km (0.080 sq mi). The most populous parish is Algueirão - Mem Martins, with a population of 68,649 people and the least populous is Mosteiro, with a population of just nineteen people.
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levels. It was determined that these changes would then be formalized before the 2013 local government elections, as part of a process to reduce expenditures, a condition of the $ 110 billion accord. In addition to the reduction of the number of representatives in the local boards, the plan also
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introduced a plan to reform the administrative divisions, claiming it would create efficiencies and save money. The plan envisioned the reform of the management, territorial geography and political form of how
Portugal functioned at the local level, including specifically at the
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The parish, in contrast with the municipalities, had their base in the ecclesiastical divisions that "had its origin in the fact that neighbours professed the same religion and professed their faith and divinity in the same temple".
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The reform was implemented according to Law 11-A/2013 of 28 January 2013, which defined the reorganization of the civil parishes. This way, the number of parishes was reduced from 4,259 to 3,091.
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Before the 2013 local government reforms, the 308 municipalities were subdivided into 4,259 civil parishes. In 2011, after more than two weeks of bailout negotiations in light of the
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began a process of legitimizing the
Portuguese territory by conferring charters to nobles, clergy and municipal chambers (which would not be completed until after 1249, under
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Portuguese parishes have been ruled by a system composed by an executive body (the
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which were subdivided into a total of seven parishes. In 2001 the municipalities were dissolved and their administrative functions transferred to the
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1110:(in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Governo da República. Archived from
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Portuguese rule it was divided into two
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790:Pedro Passos Coelho
786:European Commission
538:Portugal portal
1439:Geography of Macau
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679:junta de freguesia
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281:Elections
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