Arruda dos Vinhos

Arruda dos Vinhos
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Oeste
District :	Lisbon
Concelho :	Arruda dos Vinhos
Coordinates :	38 ° 59 ′  N , 9 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 59 ′  N , 9 ° 5 ′  W
Residents:	8656 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	34.38 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	252 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2630-112
politics
Mayor :	Márcio Bruno Viduedo Dionisio
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Arruda dos Vinhos Largo António Luís Macedo, 2 2630-112 Arruda dos Vinhos
Website:	www.freguesia-arruda.pt
Arruda dos Vinhos district
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Residents:	13,391 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	77.96 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	172 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	4th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Arruda dos Vinhos Largo Miguel Bombarda 2630-112 Arruda dos Vinhos
President of the Câmara Municipal:	André Rijo ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-arruda.pt

Arruda dos Vinhos is a small town ( vila ) in Portugal .

The central fountain Chafariz de Arruda dos Vinhos from 1789

history

Antas and other finds prove a prehistoric settlement. From Roman times comes u. a. the Forno da Pipa stove and a stone on a Roman road . The place name Arruda is connected to the rhombus type (Latin Ruta) of the wine rue, which occurs in large numbers here , and developed from the Latin Ruta and Arabic al-Ruta via Ar-Ruta to the present-day form.

The current place was probably created in the course of the resettlement policy during the Reconquista . Arruda was officially mentioned for the first time in his town charter, which was issued by Portugal's first king, D.Afonso Henriques, in 1160. In 1172 he handed the area over to the Santiagoorden , which promoted local agriculture and, in particular, viticulture. The place name Arruda received the addition dos Vinhos ( Portuguese for: the wines) over time.

King D. Manuel I renewed the town charter in 1517 as part of his administrative reforms. He also stayed in Arruda for a time when the plague was rampant in Lisbon. In gratitude, he had the church Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Salvação built here (English: Church of Our Lady of Salvation).

In and around Arruda were fortifications of the lines of Torres Vedras , a line of defense against the Napoleonic invasions established by General Wellington in 1810 .

Part of the aqueduct that has been preserved

administration

The circle

Arruda dos Vinhos is the seat of a circle of the same name ( concelho ) in the Lisbon district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 13,391 inhabitants on an area of ​​78 km².

The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Alenquer , Vila Franca de Xira , Loures , Mafra , and Sobral de Monte Agraço .

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Arruda dos Vinhos district:

Arruda dos Vinhos district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Arruda dos Vinhos	8,656	34.38	252	110202
Arranhó	2,531	21.47	118	110201
Cardosas	836	6.01	139	110203
Santiago dos Velhos	1,368	16.09	85	110204
Arruda dos Vinhos district	13,391	77.96	172	1102

Population development

Population in the Arruda dos Vinhos district (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
2,789	4,339	5 547	7 670	8 021	8,875	9 364	10 350	13 408

Municipal holiday

• Ascension of Christ

Town twinning

•  Spain : Moixent , Valencia Province (since 1999)

sons and daughters of the town

• João Lobo Brandão de Almeida (* 1759), officer in the Portuguese-British defense forces against the Napoleonic invasions at the beginning of the 19th century.
• Irene Lisboa (1892–1958), writer and teacher

Web links

Commons : Arruda dos Vinhos  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Arruda dos Vinhos at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website of the city administration
• Photos from ARRUDA DOS VINHOS on Flickr

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. ↑ ^{a b} www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 39f ISBN 978-972-46-1730-5
5. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed October 11, 2013
6. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on October 26, 2013