São Domingos de Rana

Parish

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 38°42′07″N 9°20′24″W / 38.702°N 9.340°WCoordinates: 38°42′07″N 9°20′24″W / 38.702°N 9.340°W

Country

Area

• Total

20.36 km² (7.86 sq mi)

Population (2011)

• Total

57,502

• Density

2,800/km² (7,300/sq mi)

Postal code

2785

Area code

214

Patron

Saint Dominic

Website

http://www.jf-sdrana.pt

São Domingos de Rana (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w̃ duˈmĩɡuʃ dɨ ˈʁɐnɐ]) is a civil parish (Portuguese: freguesia) of the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, part of the Greater Lisbon subregion. The population in 2011 was 57,502, in an area of 20.36 km². The parish includes the localities Abóboda, Cabeço de Mouro, Caparide, Matarraque, Outeiro de Polima, Polima, Rana, Talaíde, Tires, Trajouce and Zambujal.

The settlement of São Domingos de Rana, is associated with the fertility of the soils and the abundance of spring-waters: the number of archaeological vestiges in the parish implies its place in the settlement of the municipality. In many localities of the parish, human occupation has been almost permanent since the Paleolithic. The archaeological graves in the region attest to agricultural and hunting cultures.

This parishes origins date to the settlement of the territory during the Paleolithic to Medieval. The first historical references originated in the Middle Age, one attesting to the existence of locality of Trajouce and the other that mentioned (in 1385) the casal in Freira.

The first census referred, in 1527, referred to all the current localities in the parish. At that time, there was already a parish of São Domingos de Rana, that extended to Albarraque, expanding in 1758 to São Pedro do Estoril. Until 1838, the area was part of the municipality of Oeiras, before integrated into Cascais.

For four decades the territory was exclusively agricultural, cultivating wheat, corn and vegetables, in addition to vineyards. Also, the region was known for the extraction of stone used in the construction. In 1983, professor José d’Encarnação described São Domingos de Rana as an area known of cereal harvests, but was slowly threatened by the growth of the city, and the industrial production of Abóboda. With its accelerated growth, and lack of planning, resulted in the growth of illegal barrios.

From a parish population in 1970 of 18,140 habitants, in 2011, the population had expanded to included approximately 57,502 residents.

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