Alfândega da Fé

Alfândega da Fé
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Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Terras de Trás-os-Montes
District :	Bragança
Concelho :	Alfândega da Fé
Coordinates :	41 ° 21 ′  N , 6 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 21 ′  N , 6 ° 58 ′  W
Residents:	2055 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	40.62 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	51 inhabitants per km²
politics
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Alfândega da Fé Av. Dr. Ricardo Almeida 43 Valtelheiro 5350-004 Alfândega da Fé
Alfândega da Fé district
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Residents:	5104 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	321.97 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	16 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	12
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal Praça do Município Rua Camilo Mendonça 5350-045 Alfândega da Fé
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Berta Ferreira Milheiro Nunes
Website:	www.cm-alfandegadafe.pt

Alfândega da Fé is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 2055 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). The place is in the Douro Valley, which is known for its wines. Since the 1960s, however, Alfândega has been particularly famous in Portugal for its cherry cultivation.

history

Under Arab rule, the place was an administrative city. In the course of the Reconquista , the site was the scene of battles, and smaller groups of knights maintained bases here. King D Dinis granted the town its first town charter ( Foral ) in 1294 and made it the seat of a district. The king also granted him market rights in 1295 and had the ruined castle originally built by the Moors renewed.

In 1510 King Manuel I renewed the town charter . In the following epochs, the place experienced a continuous decline, which was reflected in a dwindling population. In 1855 the district was dissolved and Moncorvo was incorporated . Alfândega da Fé has been an independent circle again since 1898 .

administration

circle

Alfândega da Fé is the seat of a circle of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Macedo de Cavaleiros , Mogadouro , Torre de Moncorvo , Vila Flor and Mirandela .

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 20 to twelve.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Alfândega da Fé district:

Alfândega da Fé district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Agrobom, Saldonha e Vale Pereiro	265	32.60	8th	040121
Alfândega da Fé	2,055	40.62	51	040102
Cerejais	202	17.00	12	040103
Eucísia, Gouveia e Valverde	357	50.82	7th	040122
Ferradosa e Sendim da Serra	251	27.06	9	040123
Gebelim e Soeima	332	30.60	11	040124
Parada e Sendim da Ribeira	216	25.04	9	040125
Sambath	475	31.49	15th	040111
Pombal e Vales	201	15.19	13	040126
Vilar Chão	259	24.55	11	040118
Vilarelhos	275	12.05	23	040119
Vilares de Vilariça	216	14.92	14th	040120
Alfândega da Fé district	5,104	321.97	16	0401

Population development

Population in the district of Alfândega da Fé (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
4737	5763	9069	8789	9672	7925	6734	5963	5104

Town twinning

•  Spain : Medina de Rioseco , Valladolid Province

Web links

Commons : Alfândega da Fé  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Alfândega da Fé at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed February 9, 2013
5. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
6. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on February 9, 2013