Abaças
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Douro | |||||
| District : | Vila Real | |||||
| Concelho : | Vila Real | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 14 ′ N , 7 ° 42 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 965 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 18.87 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 51 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Height: | 570 m | |||||
| Postal code : | 5000-014 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Fernando José Alves Gaspar ( PSD ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Abaças Lugar da Fonte 5000-014 Abaças |
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Abaças (sometimes Abaçãs ) is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Vila Real . 965 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).
history
Finds show a settlement in the Bronze Age , and Romans also lived here, especially in today's Bujões. From 711 the Moors also conquered this area. The place name of the community goes back to the Arab- born Ilhabaxa (English: black village).
Abaças was probably re-established in the course of the resettlement after the Reconquista and received city rights in 1200 . It remained an independent circle ( concelho ) until the 15th century. The district was later dissolved, and in 1530 Abaças was already listed as a parish of the Vila Real district.
Culture and sights
The listed stone bridge Ponte de Abaçãs or Ponte da Ribeira leads over the Ribeira do Tanha river .
Other architectural monuments of the community include various sacred buildings , including the single-nave parish church Igreja Paroquial de Abaçãs , also named Igreja de São Pedro after its patron saint .
administration
local community
Abaças is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ). The following places are in the municipality:
- Abaças
- Bujões
- Fontelo
- Jorjais
- Magalhã
- Vilarinho do Tanha
Population development
| Population in the municipality of Abaças (1801–2011) | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1801 | 1849 | 1864 | 1878 | 1890 | 1900 | 1911 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| 890 | 1,080 | 1 602 | 1 663 | 1 639 | 1 662 | 1 671 | 1 504 | 1 628 | 1 831 | 1 997 | 2 060 | 1 638 | 1 408 | 1 186 | 1 074 | 1 071 |
Source: INE statistics and archives
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.retratoserecantos.pt ( Memento from January 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 20, 2013
- ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras . 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 9 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on August 20, 2013
- ↑ ditto