Vila Pouca da Beira

Vila Pouca da Beira is a village and freguesia (parish) in the Portuguese municipality of Oliveira do Hospital. It has a surface area of 5.12 km² and 383 inhabitants (2001). It's population density is 74,8 inh/km².

Vila Pouca was an independent municipality until the beginning of the 19th century. In 1801, when it became a parish of Avô, it had 402 inhabitants. The municipality of Avô, and with it Vila Pouca, merged into the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital in 1855.

A historical landmark in Vila Pouca is an 18th century former convent, the "Convento do Desagravo do Santíssimo Sacramento" ("Convent of the Soothing of the Blessed Sacrament"). When the last nun of the convent died in the beginning of the 19th century the convent became a military hospital. It ultimately became a pousada around the beginning of the 21st century.

Trivia

Dutch writer Gerrit Komrij resides in the village.

External links

*pt icon [http://www.vilapoucadabeira.com/ Site of the "junta de freguesia" (parish council) of Vila Pouca da Beira]