Santa Clara is a former
civil parish in the municipality of
Coimbra, Portugal. It was also known as
São Francisco or
São Francisco da Ponte after its foundation in 1855. The population in 2011 was 9,929, in an area of 9.77 km. On 28 January 2013 it merged with
Castelo Viegas to form
Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas.
Population of the
civil parish of
Santa Clara
(1864–2011)| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1864 | 1,368 | — |
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| 1878 | 1,486 | +8.6% |
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| 1890 | 1,660 | +11.7% |
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| 1900 | 1,909 | +15.0% |
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| 1911 | 2,450 | +28.3% |
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| 1920 | 2,920 | +19.2% |
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| 1930 | 3,406 | +16.6% |
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| 1940 | 4,135 | +21.4% |
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| 1950 | 5,473 | +32.4% |
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| 1960 | 5,706 | +4.3% |
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| 1970 | 6,026 | +5.6% |
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| 1981 | 9,826 | +63.1% |
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| 1991 | 8,609 | −12.4% |
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| 2001 | 9,637 | +11.9% |
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| 2011 | 9,929 | +3.0% |
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