Torre de Coelheiros

Torre de Coelheiros
Civil parish
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.	Alentejo Central
District	Évora
Municipality	Évora
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	torredecoelheiros.pt

Torre de Coelheiros is a parish within the municipality of Évora, in the Alentejo region, with 226,24 km² and 539 inhabitants (2021). Its population density is 2,4 hab/km².

Former domain of the Cogominhos, the parish also known as Nossa Senhora do Rosário, was established in 1535, upon request by Nuno Fernandes Cogominho.

It lost most of its population to emigration in the 60's and 70's, especially to Switzerland.

Its main landmarks are the montado landscape, the Paço dos Cogominhos, the church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário and Pelourinho. Currently the parish of Torre de Coelheiros also encompasses the extinguished parishes of São Bento de Pomares, São Jordão e São Marcos da Abóbada. Outside the village lies also the abandoned churches of São Bento de Pomares and São Jordão.

Population

População da freguesia de Torre de Coelheiros

Year Pop. ±% 1864 1,054 —     1878 1,085 +2.9% 1890 962 −11.3% 1900 825 −14.2% 1911 1,471 +78.3% 1920 1,244 −15.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1930 1,320 +6.1% 1940 1,955 +48.1% 1950 1,655 −15.3% 1960 1,478 −10.7% 1970 1,222 −17.3% 1981 862 −29.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1991 957 +11.0% 2001 817 −14.6% 2011 715 −12.5% 2021 539 −24.6%

Historic landmarks

• Anta da Herdade da Murteira
• Anta da Herdade da Tisnada
• Castelo de Torre de Coelheiros