Adeganha
| Adeganha | ||||||
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| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Douro | |||||
| District : | Bragança | |||||
| Concelho : | Torre de Moncorvo | |||||
| Freguesia : | União das Freguesias de Adeganha e Cardanha | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 16 ′ N , 7 ° 3 ′ W | |||||
| Postal code : | 5160 | |||||
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| Website: | www.adeganha.com | |||||
Adeganha is a place and a former municipality in northeastern Portugal .
history
Numerous finds prove a prehistoric settlement.
The current location was first documented in the 9th century AD. In 1112 the parish church was built. 1259 awarded King D. Afonso III. Adeganha first city rights.
In 1747 Adeganha was still a municipality in the Alfândega da Fé district and later came to Torre de Moncorvo. With the incorporation of the municipalities of Estevais and Junqueira in 1930, the municipality of Adeganha experienced an expansion.
With the territorial reform of 2013 , the municipality of Adeganha was merged with Cardanha .
administration
Adeganha was the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( Concelho ) of Torre de Moncorvo in the Bragança district . The community had 346 inhabitants on an area of 48.4 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities are in the area of the former municipality:
- Adeganha
- Estevais (also Estevais da Vilariça)
- Junqueira
- Nozelos
- Póvoa
- Quinta da Portela
- Quinta da Silveira
With the territorial reform of September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Adeganha and Cardanha were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Adeganha e Cardanha . Adeganha became the seat of this newly formed community.
Web links
- Page on Adeganha at the Torre de Moncorvo district administration
- Entry on Adeganha in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page on Adeganha at the Torre de Moncorvo district administration, accessed on September 3, 2018
- ↑ entry of the Congregational Church of Adeganha in the Portuguese monument list SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on September 3, 2018
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014