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DRAFT LAW NO. 478 /X
ELEVATION OF THE VILLAGE OF SAMORA CORREIA THE CITY
Justification note
1. Historical record and current characterization
The Village of Samora Correia, founded on a date close to the beginning of the
nationality, has been seat of concelho since the fourteenth century and has seen confirmed to
category of Vila, by foral granted by D. Manuel I, on April 13 de
1510.
In 1836, the administrative and territorial reform of Passos Manuel,
reordered the country and extinguished, among others, the concelain of Samora Correia.
Since that date, the village of Samora Correia has become the seat of the
largest freesthesia of the Benavente concelho.
It has an area of 322.4 km2 and a population that was elevated, in
2001, to 12,826 inhabitants, about 55% of the population of the Concelho, being the
freguesia with highest demographic growth of the District.
2. Localization
The Village of Samora Correia is situated 35km from Lisbon and 10km from Vila
Franca of Xira.
The freguesia confronts the nascent with the patrons of Santo
Estêvain (Benavente's concelho) and Canha (Montijo's county), the North
with the Benavente freguesia, the Poente with the concelain of Vila Franca de
Xira and Rio Tejo and the South with the Councelhos of Alcochete and Freguesia of the
Pocewill (Palmela's concelain).
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3. Population
The population of the Freguesia of Samora Correia has been growing in shape
accentuated since 1960, at an average annual pace of 3.64%, having passed from
3,703 inhabitants at that time to 12,826 in 2001. It is estimated that,
currently, be more than 15,800 the number of inhabitants, of which
23.5% is less than 20 years old.
It is estimated that the village of Samora Correia has, today, more than 12,000
inhabitants, in continuous population agglomerate.
4. Electors
The freguesia of Samora Correia had on December 13, 2007,
11,102 voters representing average annual growth, since 1978, of
5.3%.
5. Acessibilities
The construction of the bridge over the Tejo River in Vila Franca de Xira, in
1951, which follows the construction of E. N. 10 that establishes the link between the
North, the South of the country and Spain and the improvement of E. N. 118, which connects the Peninsula
from Setúbal to the centre of the country, conferred on Samora Correia uma
centrality that constituted in the main driver factor of the
changes verified in recent decades.
More recently, the construction of the Vasco da Gama bridge, with the
southern end, close to the limit of the freguesia, the construction of the A13, which
league Santarém at A2 and from A10 connecting A9 and A1 to A13-infrastructures
road routes that pass in the interior of the freguesia-accentuate centrality
acquired in the second half of the last century.
This privileged location of Samora Correia, associated with the
development of road transport, the flat characteristics of the
soils, the increase in the price of construction in Greater Lisbon and capacity
site of building and improving basic infrastructures, conferred a
high attractiveness. This contributed, decisively, to the
development of the freguesia in the plan of economic activities, with
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highlight for construction, industry, logistics, trade and services
which justifies the accentuated population growth.
6. Economic, social and cultural development
6.1. The relevance in the regional context
Samora Correia has today more than 150 small, medium and
large industrial units.
Alongside industrial growth, it is also verifies that the
growth of trade, catering and services with more than 800
units.
Despite the growing industrial, commercial and business activity
services, there is a set of small, medium and large
agri-livestock holdings, of which, stands out to the Company of the
Lezusions with an extension of 31 thousand ha, distributed by the cultures
of greenhouse, seer, regadio, pastoricia and a vast area of mounted,
pinhal and eucalyptal.
From support to intense economic activity, Samora Correia
it has, at the headquarters of the freguesia, eight bank branches.
Its natural conditions, from flat soils, to its geo-position
strategic in relation to the set of existing acessibilities, the
moves to the installation of new public services
administrative, the construction of the future airport of Lisbon, in the
named Tiro Field of Alcochete, which is situated, almost in the
totality, in the freguesia of Samora Correia and the new acessibilities
that transform it into a spinning plate of access to the south and north
of the country, potentiate their population growth, economic, social and
cultural that will have relevance in regional development.
6.2. Collective Equipment
6.2.1. Public, Private and Pharmacy Health Units
The Village of Samora Correia has, in its urban core,
of a Public Health Unit serving 11,139 users,
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with 6 family doctors and 7 nurses. There are still, more
1,657 users who are not served by this health unit
for lack of a family doctor.
It also has two laboratories of analyses, two
physiotherapy clinics, five medical clinics with diverse
specialties, five dental offices and two pharmacies.
6.2.2 Units of protection, relief and security
The Village of Samora Correia, has for protection,
help and safety of a Volunteer Fire Department
with 95 volunteers, 22 of whom, simultaneously,
professionals, properly trained and equipped, in the frame of the
National Civil Protection Authority.
In the area of security also has an infra
structure that alberates the National Guard's Territorial Rank
Republican, with a forecasted staff frame of 40
military, although, they are only filled 22 seats.
6.2.3. Social equipment
The Village of Samora Correia, in the area of social support, provides,
of the Centre for Social Welfare Padre Tobias, with the status of
IPSS, with diverse valences targeted for the elderly.
There is still a daycare with 92 children and garden of
childhood with 125 children.
It also has four Ateliers of Leisure Time,
one of which, too, with the status of IPSS.
6.2.4. Associations and cultural, recreational and cultural spaces
sports
The cultural, recreational and sporting development in the Villa
of Samora Correia rests largely on the seventeen
Associations that exist, supported by the Local Authorities, being
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its activity directed at its associates and the population in
general.
Their daily activity is of relevant importance in the
formation of the population, in the fields of art, culture, the
recreation, sport, relief and social action.
For the purpose, there are in the freguesia a set of infra-
structures of the Associations and Municipalities, with quality and
appreciable quantity, which respond to the needs of the
various activities and of which they excelled, namely, the
public spaces such as the Cultural Centre, with cinema, theatre and
exhibition gallery, the municipal swimming pool covered and heated, the
two gimnosport pavilions, the two tennis courts, the three
lawn fields, the four sports polyvalents, the seven
children's parks and the diverse cultural and recreational spaces of the
Associations.
6.2.5. Museum, museological core and library
The Village of Samora Correia has the Museum of the Society
Philharmonic Union Samorese and the Justino Museological Core
John where you find your estate. It still has the Palace of the
Infantry, where is installed the Odete municipal library and
Carlos Gaspar, ludoteca, public space of the Internet, core
Professor João Fernandes Pratas, auditorium and two galleries of
exhibitions.
6.2.6. Hotel facilities
In addition to the various restoration units,
pastries, bars, cafes and breweries, the Villa of Samora Correia,
has, on the periphery of the urban core, the Residential Homes.
Lourenço with 48 bedrooms, Amalui with 18 bedrooms and Paris with 7
rooms. It is approved and planned the construction of the Hotel Belo
Almansôr with 44 bedrooms.
6.2.7. School equipment
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The village of Samora Correia, has, in its urban core, the
School EB 2.3, Professor João Fernandes Pratas with 28 turms and
675 students, EB 1 School of the Source of the Shields with 10 classes
and 226 students, the EB 1 School of Acacias with 16 classes and 356
students, the Childhood Garden, Professor António José Ganhão with
6 classes and 150 students and the Lezlang Childhood Garden with two
classes and 50 students.
Samora Correia counts already with the Secondary Public Education.
6.2.8. Public, urban and suburban transport
The village of Samora Correia, is served by the company
'Ribatejana' for transport of passengers, with transport
urban and suburban regulars and by the companies TeleTaxis with
four viatures, Radio-Taxis with two viactures and Comlevel-
Personalized Transport, with five viatures.
6.2.9. Parks and Public Gardens
The Village of Samora Correia, has an extended set
of parks, gardens and public green areas, among which, the
Rui Luís Gomes Park, the Ribeirinho Park of the Almansôr, the Park
of the Neighborhood of the Esteveira, the Park and Green Zones of the Neighborhood Our
Madam de Oliveira, the Park of the Urbanization of Lezria, the Park
of the Urbanization of the Arneiro of the Pillars, the Garden of Praceta Carlos
Gaspar, the Garden of Alameda Almeida Garrett and the Garden of the
Largo João Fernandes Pratas.
6.3 Cultural Heritage
Samora Correia has an edified heritage that by its
antiquity and architectural value matter to consider, inter alia
some buildings of the eighteenth century, of which the Palace excelled
of the Infantado, with the classified facade of interest concelhio, the
Church of Our Lady of the Oliveira, immovable classified of interest
public and the building of the former City Hall, where it is today
installed the Museum of the Philharmonic Union Samorese Union and the
Museological Core Justino João, enveloping the Republic Square
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and which constitute the most valuable architectural ensemble that
frame the Noble Zone of Samora Correia.
It is to also refer to the Church of the Mercy of the XVI century, the
Source of the XVIII Century Shields and the Source of the Concelho that
date of the beginning of the founding of the Village of Samora Correia.
6.4. Broadcaster and Portal "Samora On-line"
The Village of Samora Correia has a Radio station, from
regional expression that issues, permanently, to the Great
Lisbon, Ribatejo and West, on the frequency of 9th FM, under the designation
of Iris FM.
It still has the "Samora Online" Portal that contributes to
spreading the information, concerning Samora Correia, for the whole world
on www.samoraonline.com.
In these terms, the underwriter, understands that the Villa of
Samora Correia brings together the requirements set out in Article 13º, conjured with
the Article 14º of Law No. 11/82 of June 2, for the village of Samora
Correia is eleved to the category of city.
Thus, in the applicable constitutional and regimental terms, the
Deputy underwriter presents the following draft law:
Single Article
Elevation of the Village of Samora Correia the City
The Village of Samora Correia, the seat of freguesia of the same name, in the Concelho
of Benavente and District of Santarém, is elevated to the category of City.
Assembly of the republic, March 12, 2008
The Member
(Luísa Mosque)