Santa Clara-a-Velha
Santa Clara-a-Velha is located in Portugal
Santa Clara-a-Velha
Santa Clara-a-Velha
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°30′47″N 8°28′34″W / 37.513°N 8.476°W / 37.513; -8.476
Country Portugal
RegionAlentejo
Intermunic. comm.Alentejo Litoral
DistrictBeja
MunicipalityOdemira
Area
  Total163.67 km2 (63.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total873
  Density5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Santa Clara-a-Velha is a civil parish in the municipality of Odemira, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 873,[1] in an area of 163.67 km2.[2] It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Santa Clara-a-Velha and Pereiras-Gare.[3] The dam of Santa Clara (Barragem de Santa Clara), one of the largest dams in Europe, is located here.

References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  2. Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
  3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 81" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.



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