Alijó

Alijó
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Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Douro
District :	Vila Real
Concelho :	Alijó
Coordinates :	41 ° 17 ′  N , 7 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 17 ′  N , 7 ° 28 ′  W
Residents:	2635 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	29.36 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	90 inhabitants per km²
politics
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Alijó R. Dr Henrique Pereira nº29 5070-046 Alijó
Website:	www.freguesia-alijo.net
District of Alijó
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Residents:	11,942 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	297.6 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	40 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	14th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Alijó Rua General Alves Pedrosa, n.º 13 5070-051 Alijó
President of the Câmara Municipal:	José Artur Fontes Cascarejo ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-alijo.pt

Alijó is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 2635 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). Alijó belongs to the Alto Douro wine-growing region , the first protected wine-growing region in the world since 1756, which has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 2001 .

history

A whole series of excavations and finds prove a long prehistoric settlement of the district area. With the emergence of the Reconquista in the 8th century, the place presumably existing in pre- Arab times was already documented as an independent municipality.

King D.Sancho II had the place repopulated in 1225 and gave it first city rights in 1226, which King D Afonso III. Confirmed in 1269 with full town charter ( Foral ). King Manuel I renewed the town charter in 1514.

Culture and sights

The Alijó pousada , in the Barão de Forrester mansion

A large number of mansions , stone fountains, former public buildings and sacred buildings are listed in the district. The historic center of Alijó as a whole is also protected.

Alijó is located in the Douro Valley and belongs to the first protected wine-growing region in the world, the Alto Douro , which was established in 1756 . It is part of the official UNESCO World Heritage . Hiking trails have been laid out and there are a number of tourist offers, especially rural tourism .

administration

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Alijó is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Vila Pouca de Aguiar , Murça , Carrazeda de Ansiães , São João da Pesqueira and Sabrosa .

Partial view of Castedo in the Alijó district

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 19 to 14.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Alijó district:

District of Alijó

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Alijó	2,635	29.36	90	170101
Carlão e Amieiro	800	33.01	24	170120
Castedo e Cotas	618	28.91	21st	170121
Favaios	1,064	21.45	50	170107
Pegarinhos	465	18.78	25th	170108
Pinhão	648	3.00	216	170109
Pópulo e Ribalonga	508	21.30	24	170122
Sanfins do Douro	1,495	17.09	87	170112
Santa Eugenia	333	9.14	36	170113
Sao Mamede de Ribatua	728	20.11	36	170114
Vale de Mendiz, Casal de Loivos e Vilarinho de Cotas	578	12.94	45	170123
Vila Chã	533	20.23	26th	170116
Vila Verde	622	42.09	15th	170117
Vilar de Maçada	915	20.19	45	170118
District of Alijó	11,942	297.60	40	1701

Population development

Population in Alijó County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
2,423	5,454	19,919	20,452	23,511	18,846	16,327	15,430	11,933

Municipal holiday

• November 11th

sons and daughters of the town

• Manuel da Nobrega (1517–1570), theologian, missionary and writer, co-founder of today's most famous cities in Brazil
• António de Cristo (1575-1653), Franciscan
• António Alves Martins (1808–1882), Bishop of Viseu, liberal politician, minister, pharmacist, university professor and journalist
• José Joaquim Teixeira Lopes (1837–1918), sculptor and ceramic artist
• Eduardo da Costa Macedo (1859–1916), poet, writer, publicist and lawyer
• José Morgado (1921–2003), mathematician
• António Joaquim Magalhães Cabral (1931-200), writer
• José Sócrates (* 1957), socialist politician, head of government 2005–2011

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  Manuel da Nóbrega on a Portuguese postage stamp

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  Monument to António Alves Martins in Viseu

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  Eduardo da Costa Macedo

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  António Cabral (2007)

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  José Socrates

Web links

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

• Map of the Freguesia Alijó at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Câmara Municipal de Alijó (Portuguese)

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. ^ Archeology page of the district (port.), Accessed on February 4, 2013
5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia , port.), Accessed on February 4, 2013
6. ↑ History page on the website of the district (port.), Accessed on February 4, 2013
7. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 4, 2013
8. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014