Torrão
Sign in to saveTorrão () is a civil parish and town, in the municipality of Alcácer do Sal, in the Portuguese district of Setúbal, bordering on the districts of Évora and the Beja. It is crossed by the Xarrama River. The population in 2011 was 2,295, in an area of 372.39 km2.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Torrão
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- 2007.03.31.pt.AlcacerdoSal.Torrão.visto da Ermida.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- Torrão seen from the Hermitage of Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- ASL-torrao.png
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Alentejo Litoral
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Setúbal
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Alcácer do Sal
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 372.39
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 2295
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Nossa Senhora da Assunção
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
- 265
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 7595
- Portuguese subdivision.website
- http://www.torrao.freguesias.pt/
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- freguesia of Portugal
- Official name
- Torrão
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Alcácer do Sal
- Area
- 372.39
- Official website
- www.torrao.freguesias.pt
- Image
- 2007.03.31.pt.AlcacerdoSal.Torrão.Ermida.jpg
- Dialing code
- 265
- Patron saint
- Assumption of Mary
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- Commons category
- Torrão (Alcácer do Sal)
- postal code
- 7595
- P8168
- Separation
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Encyclopedic overview
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Torrão () is a civil parish and town, in the municipality of Alcácer do Sal, in the Portuguese district of Setúbal, bordering on the districts of Évora and the Beja. It is crossed by the Xarrama River. The population in 2011 was 2,295, in an area of 372.39 km2.
In 2012, Torrão was, in terms of area, the third-largest parish in Portugal but, due to a territorial reorganization, since 2013 has been the sixth-largest parish in the country.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Torrão” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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