Chão de Couce

Chão de Couce was the seat of a small inland jurisdiction in Portugal's Beira country. In 1514 it received a charter on the same day as Aguda, Avelar, Maçãs de Dona Maria and Pousaflores. Together the five towns formed the district known as the Comarca das Cinco Vilas, with Chão de Couce at its head. The town retained that role until 1832. At the beginning of the nineteenth century its own municipality contained the parish of the town and counted 1,279 inhabitants.