Monday, December 21, 2020

LOUSA (CASTELO BRANCO - PORTUGAL)


LOUSA (CASTELO BRANCO)
N 39.93634º; W 7.38333

Lousa was a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Castelo Branco, in the province of Beira Baixa, Centro region (Região das Beiras) and sub-region of Beira Interior Sul, with an area of 35.82 km² and 621 inhabitants (2011). Its population density is 17.3 inhabitants/km².

It was extinguished in 2013, as part of a national administrative reform, having been added to the parish of Escalos de Cima, to form a new parish called União das Freguesias de Escalos de Cima and Lousa with its headquarters in Escalos de Cima.