Agrochão

Agrochão
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Terras de Trás-os-Montes
District :	Bragança
Concelho :	Vinhais
Coordinates :	41 ° 42 ′  N , 7 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 42 ′  N , 7 ° 2 ′  W
Residents:	280 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	17.49 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	16 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5335-011
politics
Mayor :	Manuel Dinis Magro Gomes ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Agrochão Agrochão (centro) 5335-011 Agrochão

Agrochão is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Vinhais . It has 280 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Population development of the municipality of Agrochão (1964–2011)

Agrochão was founded in the Middle Ages, probably after the Reconquista . It was first mentioned in the royal surveys under King D.Afonso III. in 1258.

King D Dinis gave the place its first city rights in 1288.

Culture and sights

In addition to a manor house (solar) and a stone fountain, some sacred buildings are among the monuments of the community, in particular the pilgrimage church Santuário do Divino Senhor Jesus da Piedade .

There are two museums in the municipality, the ethnographic local museum Museu etnográfico rural and an olive oil museum, the Museu do Azeite . Besides the municipality of Vinhais, Agrochão is the only municipality in the Vinhais district that has its own museums.

Web links

Commons : Agrochão  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Page about Agrochão on the website vinhais.com (port.)
• Private video with impressions from Agrochão on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ History of the municipality of Agrochão ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from vinhais.com, accessed July 6, 2016 
4. ^ Entry of the pilgrimage church in the Portuguese SIPA list of monuments, accessed on July 6, 2016
5. ↑ Brief description of the place Agrochão ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from vinhais.com, accessed July 6, 2016