Amares

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Amares
coat of arms map
Amares coat of arms
Amares (Portugal)
Amares
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Cávado
District : Braga
Concelho : Amares
Coordinates : 41 ° 38 ′  N , 8 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 38 ′  N , 8 ° 21 ′  W
Residents: 1551 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 1.37 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 1132 inhabitants per km²
Amares county
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Flag of Amares Location of the Amares district
Residents: 18,889 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 81.96 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 230 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 16
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Amares
Largo do Município
4720-058 Amares
President of the Câmara Municipal: José Lopes Gonçalves Barbosa (AP)
Website: www.cm-amares.pt

Amares is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 1551 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

At the pilgrimage church of Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Abadia

history

The place was founded at the time of the Roman occupation, and probably goes back to a hill fort ( Portuguese : Castro ) of the Lusitanians . The first official mention comes from a document from 960.

Amares got its town charter ( Foral ) in the year 1514 by King Manuel I .

Culture and sights

Most of the district's attractions are in the municipalities outside the county seat, including the Bouro monastery in Santa Maria do Bouro , or the thermal baths in Caldelas . In the pilgrimage church Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Abadia , also in Santa Maria do Bouro, there is also a museum, in which mainly sacred art is shown.

In Amares itself, some sacred buildings and former public buildings are listed, and the historical center of the place as a whole is protected.

administration

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Amares is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Terras de Bouro , Vieira do Minho , Póvoa de Lanhoso , Braga and Vila Verde .

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 24 to 16. The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Amares district:

Amares county
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Amares e Figueiredo 2,654 4.56 582 030125
Barreiros 760 2.99 254 030102
Bico 777 2.29 339 030104
Caires 868 4.72 184 030105
Caldelas, Sequeiros e Paranhos 1,187 11.37 104 030126
Ferreiros, Prozelo e Besteiros 4,573 7.34 623 030127
Carrazedo 732 2.71 270 030107
Dornelas 508 3.39 150 030108
Fiscal 718 3.90 184 030111
Goães 557 3.03 184 030112
Lago 1.910 3.99 479 030113
Return calls 1,124 3.06 367 030118
Santa Maria do Bouro 760 6.92 110 030119
Santa Marta do Bouro 490 9.50 52 030120
Torre e Portela 626 3.59 174 030128
Vilela, Seramil e Paredes Secas 645 8.60 75 030129
Amares county 18,889 81.96 230 0301

Population development

Amares County population (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
5,411 8,030 12,746 13,878 16,845 16,478 16,715 18,521 18,889

Town twinning

Monument to António Variações in Amares

Sons and daughters

In 1558 the poet Francisco de Sá de Miranda died here.

Web links

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

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. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed January 30, 2013
  5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on January 30, 2013
  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 January 30, 2013