Amorim (Póvoa de Varzim)

Amorim
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Porto metropolitan area
District :	postage
Concelho :	Póvoa de Varzim
Freguesia :	União das Freguesias de Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso
Coordinates :	41 ° 24 ′  N , 8 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 24 ′  N , 8 ° 45 ′  W
Postal code :	4495-140

Amorim is a place and a former municipality in northern Portugal . The place is known regionally for its hot-eaten bread specialty, the Broa de Amorim .

The parish church of São Tiago de Amorim

history

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1033, already as the seat of the municipality of Santiago de Amorim . The parish extended to the ocean .

Until the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , Amorim was a parish in the district of Barcelos , and in 1836 it was incorporated into Vila do Conde . Since 1853 the municipality has belonged to Póvoa de Varzim.

In 1922 the newly created community A Ver-o-Mar was spun off.

With the municipal reorganization in 2013 , the municipalities of Amorim, Aver-o-Mar and Terroso were dissolved and merged to form the new municipality of Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso .

administration

Location of the former Amorim municipality in the municipality
in the Póvoa de Varzim district

Amorim was a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Póvoa de Varzim in the district of Porto . The community had an area of ​​4.8 km² and 2784 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the area of ​​the former municipality:

Agra Aldeia Aldeia Nova Amorim de Cima Cadilhe

Cardosas Esqueirinhas Fontainhas Mandim Mourilhe

Pedroso Póvoa de Varzim (parts of the urban area) Sistelos Torrinha Travassos

With the territorial reform in Portugal on September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Amorim, Aver-o-Mar and Terroso were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso . Aver-o-Mar became the seat of the new municipality, while the former municipal administration in Amorim remained as a citizens' office.

Web links

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

• Map of the Freguesia Amorim at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information about Amorim on the page about the new municipality of Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso on the website of the Póvoa de Varzim district administration, accessed on February 19, 2016
2. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
3. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014