Salir do Porto

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 9.86 square kilometres (3.81 sq mi)^[3] and had a population of 797 at the 2011 census.^[4]

Salir do Porto
Civil parish
Salir do Porto Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 39.493°N 9.156°W / 39.493; -9.156
Country	Portugal
Region	Oeste e Vale do Tejo
Intermunic. comm.	Oeste
District	Leiria
Municipality	Caldas da Rainha
Disbanded	2013
Area
• Total	9.86 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	797
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	www.jfreg-salirdoporto.online.pt

Picture of Salir do Porto - 2006

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.

References

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

External links

• Junta de Freguesia de Salir do Porto (in Portuguese)