Santa Catarina is one of twelve civil parishes (''
freguesias'') in the municipality of
Caldas da Rainha
Caldas da Rainha () is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the district of Leiria. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and of the Comunidad ...
, Portugal. The civil parish has an area of and had a population of 3,029 at the 2011
census
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.
Its main economic activities are leather goods industry, construction, agriculture, horticulture, livestock production, trade, but it is its cutlery industry that makes Santa Catarina known internationally.
Freguesia de Santa Catarina
Câmara Municipal de Caldas da Rainha
Villages
*Peso
*Vigia
*Cumeira
*Mouraria
*Casal do Rio
*Casal do Bicho
*Quinta da Ferraria
*Casal das Freiras
*Casal dos Nortes
*Casal da Coita
*Portela
*Abrunheira
*Casal da Marinha
*Casal da Azenha
*Casal das Penas
*Mata de Porto Mouro
*Relvas
*Granja Nova
*Casal da Cruz
*Casal Torcano
Cultural Heritage
*Parish church
*Mansion-house
*Pillory
*Ancient hillfort
*Public garden
*Mestras forest
*Chapels
External links
Official Website
(in Portuguese)
References
Freguesias of Caldas da Rainha
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