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 Buildings (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Buildings (No.) by Locality (Census) and Time period of construction; Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2021
First available period 2021
Last available period 2021
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Locality (Census)
  • Time period of construction
Concepts
  • BUILDING:  Permanent construction, endowed with independent access, covered and limited by exterior walls or dividing walls which extend from the foundations to the roof, whether designed for human use or other purposes.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • LOCALITY:  A population cluster with 10 or more residential dwellings and to which a distinct place name is attached, irrespective of whether it belongs to 1 or more parishes.
  • PERIOD OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION:  Period that may correspond to the construction of the building itself, to the construction of the main part of the building (when different parts of a building correspond to different eras) or to the reconstruction of the building that has undergone a complete transformation.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Population and housing censuses, 2021 Census
Last update date 30/03/2023


information presented in 17/7/2024