Albergaria-a-Velha
Albergaria-a-Velha | ||||||
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Aveiro Region | |||||
District : | Aveiro | |||||
Concelho : | Albergaria-a-Velha | |||||
Coordinates : | 40 ° 42 ′ N , 8 ° 29 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 8479 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 29.32 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 289 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 3850-053 | |||||
Albergaria-a-Velha district | ||||||
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Residents: | 25,252 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 158.83 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 159 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Number of municipalities : | 6th | |||||
administration | ||||||
Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Albergaria-a-Velha Praça Ferreira Tavares |
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President of the Câmara Municipal: | João Agostinho Pinto Pereira ( PSD ) | |||||
Website: | www.cm-albergaria.pt |
Albergaria-a-Velha (German: hostel, the elder ) is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal with 8,479 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
In 1120 Queen D. Teresa gave the area to Gonçalo Eriz . One condition was the preservation of the local hostel ( Portuguese : Albergaria ) for the poor and the sick. The emerging Caminho Português , a Way of St. James , ran here. As Albergaria-a-Velha, the place was officially mentioned for the first time in 1117. Since the crown had no jurisdiction over the area, Albergaria-a-Velha did not receive any official city rights ( Foral ).
In the course of the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula , French troops under General Soult marched through the district in 1809 , causing looting and damage here.
In the course of the administrative reforms from 1835 , Albergaria-a-Velha became an independent district ( concelho ) and a vila (small town). The place has had an industrially significant development since the connection of the place to the railroad in 1908 . In the 1950s, the Alba racing cars known in Portugal were produced here. The place experienced a renewed development spurt after the A1 motorway reached the place in the 1980s.
In April 2011 , the place was raised to a city ( Cidade ).
Culture and sights
Various sacred buildings , historical public buildings, urban mansions and fountains are listed in Albergaria-a-Velha. The historic town center is also protected.
The floodplain landscape of Pateira de Frossos on the Rio Vouga offers peace and the opportunity to observe nature. In addition, there are various green areas on the actual Vouga, with sports facilities or picnic areas in some places.
administration
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Albergaria-a-Velha is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Estarreja , Oliveira de Azeméis , Sever do Vouga , Águeda , Aveiro and Murtosa .
With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from eight to six.
The following six municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Albergaria-a-Velha district:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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Albergaria-a-Velha e Valmaior | 10,568 | 47.00 | 225 | 010209 |
Alquerubim | 2,381 | 15.36 | 155 | 010202 |
Angeja | 2,073 | 21.25 | 98 | 010203 |
Branca | 5,621 | 30.29 | 186 | 010204 |
Ribeira de Fráguas | 1,713 | 26.75 | 64 | 010206 |
São João de Loure e Frossos | 2,896 | 18.18 | 159 | 010210 |
Albergaria-a-Velha district | 25,252 | 158.83 | 159 | 0102 |
Population development
Population in the Albergaria-a-Velha district (1849–2011) | ||||||||
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1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | |
4 717 | 13 526 | 15 293 | 18 446 | 21 326 | 21 995 | 24 638 | 25 211 |
Municipal holiday
- Monday after the third Sunday in August
economy
The water-rich landscape and the fertile soils made Albergaria an agriculturally productive area in which livestock farming in particular played and still plays a role. However, the most important employers are the medium-sized companies in the manufacturing sector , particularly the metal processing industry, textile industry and wood processing companies. The aluminum works Fábricas Metalúrgicas Alba were also a well-known manufacturer of the Alba racing car in the 1950s . Most of the companies are located in the local industrial area ( Zona Industrial ).
traffic
The town is connected to the country's rail network with its train station on the Linha do Vouga railway line , and has its own junction on the A1 motorway . Albergaria-a-Velha is also integrated into the national bus network of Rede Expressos .
sons and daughters of the town
- Manoel Dias Branco (1904–1995), entrepreneur, was a. a. Market leader in industrial pasta in Brazil
- Vasco de Lemos Mourisca (1911–1984), journalist and author
- Manuel Guimarães (1915–1975), neorealist film director
- António Homem de Albuquerque Pinho (1921–2002), historian and lawyer
- Manuel Capela (* 1922), football player, goalkeeper of Belenenses Lisbon when they won their championship in 1946
- Luís de Barros (* 1941), journalist (was among other things editor-in-chief and superior Saramagos at the Diário de Notícias ), husband of the writer Maria Teresa Horta
- João Alves (* 1952), football player and coach
- Marina Bastos (* 1971), athlete
- Sandra Pereira (* 1986), singer
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Albergaria-a-Velha at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed February 1, 2013
- ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 16 ( ISBN 978-972-46-1730-5 )
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 1, 2013
- ↑ www.cm-albergaria.pt , accessed on February 1, 2013
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ www.cm-albergaria.pt , accessed on February 1, 2013
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