DRAFT LAW NO. 702 /X/4.

Elevation of the Foz settlement of the Arelho to Vila

Exhibition of reasons

I-HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK

The Foz do Arelho is located in the district of Leiria and in the West Region, being situated next to the lagoon of

Deaths and the mouth of the Arelho River, 10 kilometres northwest of the Queen's broth town, home of the

respective concelho.

It was through Law No. 839 of July 5, 1919, that is, precisely 90 years ago, that the Foz do

Arelho was detached from the freguesia of the Serra do Bouro e erigida, in turn, the freguesia with

that one needs denomination.

Up to the séc. Nineteenth, the Foz of the Arelho was no more than a small, piscatorious hamlet, having since

then known remarkable prestige and development, as a resort of veraneio, for what

much benefited from the protection of SS. AA. RR., El-King D. Carlos and Queen D. nd Amélia.

Also Francisco Almeida Grandella, founder of the prestigious Armazwarehouses Grandella, contributed

for the cultural and educational development of the Foz of the Arelho, where he erected a magnificent palace,

(currently one of the most important hotel units of INATEL), in which it came, incidentally, the

passed away on September 20, 1934.

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II-FRAMEWORK OF ECONOMIC ORDER

The Foz of the Arelho has, since there are wide decades, a strong cosmopolitan vocation, greatly enhanced

by the exceptional climatic and natural conditions that characterize the region, from among which

have excelled at their beautiful beach and the pond of Óbidos.

The population is predominantly dedicated to tourism, fishing, in particular of shellfish, and to the

agriculture.

Activities connected with tourism and recreation currently have a significant dimension in life and

economy of the Foz of the Arelho. With effect, in addition to the bathing tourism, the beaches to the north and south

of this area allow for the practice of the surf , the same succeeding with sport fishing.

In addition, the Óbidos lagoon itself is of great economic importance for the

local population, which in it carries out artisanal, eye-catching and bivalve catering activities

collection of limos to fertiliser the agricultural land.

For these reasons since time immemorial it is said that the pond gives bread and wine .

In this framework they assume particular severity the problems of assorting and pollution of the

Óbidos lagoon as well as at risk of disappearance of the beach of the Arelho Foz, the

Which, at the end of 2008, lost about 75% percent of its areal.

III-GEOGRAPHICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK

The Foz of the Arelho is situated 10 kilometres from Queen's Caldas, located northwest of that

concelho.

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The South, the Foz of the Arelho is limited by the hydrographic basin of the Óbidos Lagoon and by the freguesia of the

Nadadouro. To the East by the boundary between the freguesies of the Serra do Bouro and Nadadouro and the West by the

hydrographic basin of the Obidos Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean.

The Óbidos Lagoon has an area of about 7 km2 and a perimeter greater than 20 km, constituting

an important laggard area and availing of a riquing ecosystem, characteristics that

it gives you singular attributes with regard to national natural heritage.

The Arelho Foz's freguesia has a total area of 9.125 Km2 where they reside approximately

2073 inhabitants.

During most of the Twentieth Century the Foz of the Arelho strongly suffered the impact of emigration,

mainly directed to the United States from America and Canada, very much though such migration

has decreased in the last barracks of that century and has even been compensated by the facility

of a significant number of Portuguese coming from the former Ultramar, essentially after the 25

of April.

IV-PUBLIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS EQUIPMENT

The Foz do Arelho has the following public equipment:

Joint Junta of Freguesia;

Delegation Delegation of the Capitania of the Port of Peniche;

High Elevatory Station.

The Foz do Arelho has the following educational and social equipment:

School School of preschool education;

School School of basic education.

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Social and Recreational Center of the Foz of the Arelho.

The Extension of the Health Centre;

Pharmacy Pharmacy.

Centre of Day and Home of 3ª Age

The Association of the Mariskers.

The Foz do Arelho has the following religious equipment:

The Church of the Foz

Photos Chapel of the Fifth of Foz -N. Mr. of Guadalupe (goes back to the sixteenth century and includes a Chapel

built in 1580)

INATEL Chapel Chapel

Cemetery Camárario Cemetery

Mortuary Home House

The Foz do Arelho has numerous hospitality and tourism establishments, from among the

which stand out:

The Arelho's Inatel Foz Vacation Center;

The Camping Foz of the Arelho;

The Orbitur Campsite Park.

V-CONCLUSIONS

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The establishment and extinction regime of local authorities and of designation and determination of the category

of the stands is set out in Law No. 11/82 of June 2, diploma in the meantime

object of several changes.

As evidenced supra , the past of the locality of the Foz of the Arelho is of importance not

despicable in the History of the district of Leiria, in particular in that of the West region.

The uniqueness of the natural features of the Foz of the Arelho, as well as those of the Óbidos Lagoa, and,

well thus, the relevance of the human activities that in them develop, and which were also

discussed in the own headquarters of the present statement of reasons, justify a special

weighting the pertinence of elevating that settlement to the village.

Thus, in the applicable constitutional and regimental terms and in harmony with the provisions of the Act

n ° 11/83 of June 2, specifically in its Articles 2, 3, 12 and 14, the Deputy

below signed presents the following draft law:

Single article

The settlement of the Foz do Arelho, in the Queen's Caldas concelho, is elevated to the category of village.

Palace of S. Bento, March 26, 2009

Feliciano Barriers Duarte

Deputy

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