Alvites

Alvites
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Terras de Trás-os-Montes
District :	Bragança
Concelho :	Mirandela
Coordinates :	41 ° 34 ′  N , 7 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 34 ′  N , 7 ° 5 ′  W
Residents:	237 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	17.81 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	13 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5370-030
politics
Mayor :	Eurico José Lopes Montanha de Morais Carrapatoso ( PSD / PPD )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Alvites Rua Dr Miguel Bacelar, n.º 14 5370-030 Alvites

Alvites is a small town ( Vila ) and municipality in northern Portugal .

history

Finds like those of the hill Monte Mel indicate a prehistoric settlement at least since the Castro culture .

The present-day town was probably built during the medieval Reconquista between the 10th and 13th centuries. In 1249, Alvites received its first town charter, which, however, was not very extensive and did not make Alvites the seat of its own administrative district. The place name probably goes back to the owner of an early local country estate ( villar ) who bore the name Alvito or Alvites, which was widely used at the time.

In the 17th and 18th centuries the community experienced a relative prosperity, and representative mansions were built on local estates, for example that of the Bacelar family or that of the Pereira Cabral family

In 1984 the eminent Dutch writer Gerrit Komrij moved to Alvites, where he lived for four years before moving to Vila Pouca da Beira .

Attractions

In addition to nature, which is accessible via hiking trails of the Mirandela district administration, there are some architectural monuments in the municipality of Alvites:

• Igreja de Santa Catarina , parish church probably from the 16th century.
• Solar da Família Pereira Cabral , 18th century manor house
• Solar da Família Bacelar , 17th century manor house
• Capela de Santo Amaro , baroque chapel from the 17th / 18th centuries Century
• Capela de Santa Maria Madalena , chapel from the 16th / 17th centuries Century

administration

Population development in the municipality of Alvites (1864–2011)

Alvites is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Mirandela in the Bragança district . 237 inhabitants live in it on an area of ​​18 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the municipality:

• Alvites
• Açoreira
• Lamas de Cavalo
• Vale de Lagoa

Personalities

The Portuguese composer Eurico Carrapatoso was born here in 1962.

The Dutch writer Gerrit Komrij (1944–2012) lived in Alvites from 1984 to 1988.

Web links

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

• Website on the municipality of Alvites at the Mirandela County Council
• Entry on Alvites in the Mapas de Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 30 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
4. ↑ Entry of Solar da Família Bacelar in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on March 7, 2020
5. ↑ Entry of the Solar da Família Pereira Cabral in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on March 7, 2020
6. ↑ Entry of the parish church of Alvites in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020
7. ↑ Entry of the Solar da Família Pereira Cabral in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020
8. ↑ Entry of the Solar da Família Bacelar in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020
9. ↑ Entry of the Capela de Santo Amaro in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020
10. ↑ Entry of the Capela de Santa Maria Madalena in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020