Amarante

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Amarante
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Amarante coat of arms
Amarante (Portugal)
Amarante
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Tâmega e Sousa
District : postage
Concelho : Amarante
Coordinates : 41 ° 16 ′  N , 8 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 16 ′  N , 8 ° 4 ′  W
Residents: 56,264 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 301.3 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 187 inhabitants per km²
Amarante district
flag map
Flag of Amarante Position of the Amarante district
Residents: 56,264 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 301.3 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 187 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 26th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Amarante
Alameda Teixeira de Pascoaes
4600-011 Amarante
President of the Câmara Municipal: José Luís Gaspar ( PSD / CDS )
Website: www.cm-amarante.pt

Amarante [ ɐmɐˈɾɐ̃tɯ ] is a city in the Portuguese region of Norte with about 9,900 inhabitants. It is located on the Tâmega , a tributary of the Douro .

Amarante on the banks of the Tâmega

history

Ponte de São Gonçalo bridge

Archaeological finds prove a settlement since the Paleolithic , especially from the Bronze Age numerous finds come here. The place name probably goes back to the name Villa Amaranthi , in connection with the local estate ( Villa rustica ) of the Roman general Amarantus. Another explanation of the place name, which also goes back to Roman times, sees the term ad Maranus (Latin for “near the Marão mountains”) as its origin. Another theory that can be found in the city history published in 1814 leads the place name to the place here around 360 BC. BC by the Celtiberian Turdul founded place Araduca . According to this, the Roman general Seneciones took the nickname Amarantus after conquering the place, from Ante Maranum (Latin for "in front of the Maranus Mountains", today Marão ).

The place was first known through the work of St. Gonçalo de Amarante (Portuguese also São Gonçalo , 1187–1259). The Dominican from Vizela settled here after his pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Rome in the second half of the 12th century. Among other things, the place owes its famous bridge over the Tâmega to him. As a result of his diverse work, Amarante developed into a place of pilgrimage with a growing population. In the 16th century, King John III made it possible . the construction of the São Gonçalo monastery at the place where religious priests worked and were buried.

Site plan of the Portuguese Defense from April 18, 1809

In the course of the Napoleonic invasions at the beginning of the 19th century, Amarante suffered severe damage. The successful defense of the strategically important bridge on April 18, 1809 under the leadership of the Portuguese officer Silveira, who subsequently received the title of Count de Amarante, became known. In addition, since then Amarante has been wearing the Order of the Tower and the Sword in the city's coat of arms , which the small town was subsequently awarded.

The Amarante district experienced significant expansions in the course of the various administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , when the previously independent districts of Gestaço, Gouveia and Santa Cruz de Riba Tâmega were dissolved.

In the 20th century, various writers, painters and other artists from Amarante enriched the country's cultural life, including Teixeira de Pascoaes and Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso . On July 8, 1985, the previous small town ( Vila ) Amarante was elevated to a city ( Cidade ), the date is now a municipal holiday.

Culture

economy

The Amarante district is characterized by agriculture. Viticulture is of particular importance, mainly through the Vinho Verde . Companies in the wood processing, construction, metal processing and food industries are based in industrial companies. The international construction company Mota-Engil , one of the 50 largest in Europe, comes from Amarante and is still based here, although the main administration is now in Porto.

Tourism in the district has gained in importance, both through hotel operations and through facilities of the rural tourism . The local handicrafts are also known nationwide . In addition to knitwear and pottery, particular mention should be made of the wickerwork, which, among other things, makes the baskets originally required for the grape harvest.

traffic

Amarante Train Station (1993)

Until 2009, Amarante was connected to the country's rail network via Linha do Tâmega , which opened in 1909 . The line was discontinued and replaced by bus services.

The city is located on the A4 motorway , which runs from the coastal town of Matosinhos in the greater Porto area via Vila Real and Bragança to the Spanish border. Amarante is also connected to Guimarães, 40 km to the north, and Peso da Régua , 40 km to the south, via the N101 national road .

administration

Amarante district

Amarante is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Porto district . On June 30, 2011 it had 56,264 inhabitants on an area of ​​301.3 km².

The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Celorico de Basto , Mondim de Basto , Vila Real , Santa Marta de Penaguião , Baião , Marco de Canaveses , Penafiel , Lousada and Felgueiras .

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that their number decreased from 40 to 26.

The municipality of Amarante includes the following municipalities ( Freguesias ) :

Amarante district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Aboadela, Sanche e Várzea 1,675 30.45 55 130141
Amarante (São Gonçalo), Madalena, Cepelos e Gatão 11,840 15.21 778 130142
Ansiães 623 27.19 23 130103
Bustelo, Carneiro e Carvalho de Rei 1,019 23.43 43 130143
Candemil 771 12.01 64 130107
Figueiró (Santiago e Santa Cristina) 3,828 8.11 472 130144
Fregim 2,836 10.37 274 130112
Freixo de Cima e de Baixo 3,643 8.81 413 130145
Fridão 863 7.87 110 130115
Gondar 1,686 9.64 175 130117
Jazz 542 3.35 162 130118
Lomba 793 3.63 218 130119
Louredo 638 3.60 177 130120
Lufrei 1,777 6.45 275 130121
Mancelos 3.114 12.13 257 130123
Olo e Canadelo 492 19.51 25th 130146
Padronelo 884 2.48 356 130126
Real, Ataíde e Oliveira 5,006 10.96 457 130147
Rebordelo 365 15.66 23 130128
Salvador do Monte 1,066 7.48 143 130129
Sao Simão de Gouveia 633 12.49 51 130134
Teloes 4,226 14.47 292 130135
Travanca 2,278 8.69 262 130136
Vila Caiz 3,026 8.52 355 130138
Vila Chã do Marão 940 6.71 140 130139
Vila Garcia, Aboim e Chapa 1,700 12.08 141 130148
Amarante district 56,264 301.30 187 1301
Historic town center

Population development

Population in Amarante County (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
1,416 15,918 32,931 37,796 47,823 54,159 56.092 59,638 56,450

Municipal holiday

  • 8th of July

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

  • Mafalda of Portugal, Azulejo at the church of her home parish Rio Tinto

  • António Cândido Ribeiro da Costa

  • António Carneiro, 1914

  • Teixeira de Pascoaes, painted by António Carneiro

  • Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso

  • Artur Carlos de Barros Basto

  • Ricardo Carvalho in the Real Madrid shirt , 2010

Others

On April 16, 1997, an arson attack was carried out on a discotheque, killing twelve people. It is believed that the assassin can be attributed to the pimp milieu. Exactly three years later to the day, a similar incident occurred due to poison gas in a discotheque in Lisbon , in which seven people died and 65 were injured.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras . 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 32 ( ISBN 978-972-46-1730-5 )
  4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed December 9, 2013
  5. ↑ ditto
  6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  7. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed December 12, 2013
  8. ↑ Juiz decide libertar um dos condenados pelas mortes do Meia Culpa 17 anos depois
  9. ↑ Tribunal analisa novo pedido de liberdade condicional do mandante do massacre do Mea Culpa
  10. ↑ Poison gas attack on disco - seven dead!