Évora de Alcobaça

Évora de Alcobaça
Civil parish
Évora de Alcobaça is located in Portugal
Évora de Alcobaça
Évora de Alcobaça
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 39°30′58″N 8°58′16″W / 39.516°N 8.971°W / 39.516; -8.971
Country Portugal
RegionOeste e Vale do Tejo
Intermunic. comm.Oeste
DistrictLeiria
MunicipalityAlcobaça
Area
 • Total
42.42 km2 (16.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
4,485
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Évora de Alcobaça is a freguesia ("civil parish") in the municipality of Alcobaça, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,485,[1] in an area of 42.42 km2.[2]

History

Combat of Évora de Alcobaça
Part of the Peninsular War
Date8 December 1810
Location
Évora de Alcobaça, Alcobaça, Portugal
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portugal Portugal France French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Portugal Captain Joseph Fenwick (WIA) France Unknown
Strength
~80 militia 80 grenadiers
Casualties and losses
1 officer, unknown Unknown

The Combat of Évora de Alcobaça took place on the 8th December 1810, during the Third French Invasion of Portugal. A foraging party of 80 French grenadiers was defeated by a detachment of about 80 of the Óbidos militia, led by Captain Joseph Fenwick. The captain was wounded in action and died of his wounds two days later. William Carr Beresford, Commander in Chief of the Portuguese Army, later lamented the loss of the young captain of the 1/3rd "The Buffs".[3]

References

  1. ^ "Censos 2011". ine.pt (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Estatística. 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Freguesias de Portugal". Portal de Dados Abertos da Administração Pública (Open Data from Public Administration) (in Portuguese). Agência para a Modernização Administrativa. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Num. 301. Segunda feira 17 Dezembro 1810". Gazeta de Lisboa. 17 December 1810. pp. 3–4. hdl:2027/hvd.hxihc1. Retrieved 25 May 2022.