Alijó
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Norte | |||||
Sub-region : | Douro | |||||
District : | Vila Real | |||||
Concelho : | Alijó | |||||
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 |
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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 |
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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
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 .
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:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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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) | |||||||||
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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
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Alijó at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Câmara Municipal de Alijó (Portuguese)
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
- ^ Archeology page of the district (port.), Accessed on February 4, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia , port.), Accessed on February 4, 2013
- ↑ History page on the website of the district (port.), Accessed on February 4, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 4, 2013
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014