Salir do Porto explained

Type:parish
Official Name:Salir do Porto
Region:Oeste e Vale do Tejo
Cim:Oeste
District:Leiria
Coordinates:39.493°N -9.156°W
Municipality:Caldas da Rainha
Area Total:9.86
Population Total:797
Population As Of:2011
Dissolved:2013

Salir do Porto is a former civil parish in the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Tornada e Salir do Porto.[1] [2] The civil parish has an area of [3] and had a population of 797 at the 2011 census.[4]

Salir do Porto was the northernmost parish of the municipality of Caldas da Rainha. It has a beach with a famous sand dune almost 49 metres high. The beach is located by the river Tornada that flows into the São Martinho bay.There are other beaches on the ocean side. Those are rock beaches that the locals call quebradas.

Salir has three different communities: Salir do Porto, Casais de Salir do Porto and Bouro.

Salir is served by the Oeste railroad.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 30-31. 20 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. Portuguese. pdf.
  2. Web site: Assembleia da República (Portugal). Lei n.o 11-A/2013 de 28 de janeiro: Reorganização administrativa do território das freguesias. Diário da República, 1.ª série — N.º 19 — 28 de janeiro de 2013. Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, SA. Portuguese. Administrative reorganization of the territory of the civil parishes. PDF. 19 October 2013.
  3. Web site: Area (km²) of national territory by Geographic localization (Administrative division); Annual. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Statistics Portugal). 13 May 2014. (Click "Change selection conditions" to choose the parish under Portugal > Leiria > Caldas da Rainha.)
  4. Web site: Resident population (No.) by Place of residence and Sex; Decennial. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Statistics Portugal). 13 May 2014. (Click "Change selection conditions" to choose the parish under Portugal > Continente > Centro > Oeste > Caldas da Rainha.)