Alvarenga (Arouca)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Porto metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | Aveiro | |||||
| Concelho : | Arouca | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 58 ′ N , 8 ° 10 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1223 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 38.77 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 32 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 4540-048 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Edgar Tavares Morais Soares | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Alvarenga Trancoso 4540-048 Alvarenga |
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Alvarenga is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Arouca . It has 1223 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
Finds prove a prehistoric settlement. The present-day community was probably formed during the Reconquista . In 1094 there was already a separate community here.
King Manuel I granted Alvarenga town rights in 1514 . In addition to the municipality of the same name, the Alvarenga district also included the municipalities of Canelas and Janarde . In the course of the various administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the Alvarenga district was dissolved in 1855 and incorporated into the Arouca district.
Culture and sights
The Anta da Senhora do Monte is a Neolithic tomb, port. Anta .
Other architectural monuments of the community are the stake erected in 1580 as a sign of city rights, the bridge Ponte de Alvarenga from the baroque , and the single-nave Gothic parish church Igreja Paroquial de Alvarenga (after its patronage also Igreja de Santa Cruz , dt .: Holy Cross Church), which in the As part of its baroque renovation, a side sacristy building was added.
There is a menhir at the Capela Senhora dos Aflitos .
Web links
- Alvarenga website at the Arouca district administration
- Alvarenga municipal administration page on Facebook
- Private blog about Alvarenga
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ a b Igreja Paroquial de Alvarenga / Igreja de Santa Cruz (under Cronologia ), accessed on August 20, 2013
- ↑ a b Pelourinho de Trancoso
- ^ Anta da Senhora do Monte
- ↑ Ponte de Alvarenga
