Ala (Macedo de Cavaleiros)

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Ala
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Ala (Portugal)
Ala
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Terras de Trás-os-Montes
District : Bragança
Concelho : Macedo de Cavaleiros
Freguesia : União das Freguesias de Ala e Vilarinho do Monte
Coordinates : 41 ° 36 ′  N , 7 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 36 ′  N , 7 ° 1 ′  W

Ala is a place and a former municipality in northern Portugal .

history

Ala was under the order of Christ . In 1705 the place had 50 households.

Ala remained an independent municipality until it was dissolved in 2013 and merged with Vilarinho do Monte to form a new municipality.

Population development in the municipality of Ala (1864–2011)
1864 1878 1890 1900 1911 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 2001 2011
850 792 839 849 982 889 813 959 1047 1036 937 839 594 497 417

administration

Map of the former municipality of Ala

Ala was the seat of a parish of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Macedo de Cavaleiros in the Bragança district . The community had 420 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the municipality:

  • Ala
  • Brinço
  • Carrapatinha
  • Meles

In the course of the community forum on September 29, 2013 , the communities of Ala and Vilarinho do Monte were merged to form the new community União das Freguesias de Ala e Vilarinho do Monte . Ala is the seat of this newly formed community.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry of the parish church of Ala (under Cronologia ) in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on November 30, 2019
  2. www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014