Avantos
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| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Terras de Trás-os-Montes | |||||
| District : | Bragança | |||||
| Concelho : | Mirandela | |||||
| Freguesia : | União das Freguesias de Avantos e Romeu | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 33 ′ N , 7 ° 6 ′ W | |||||
| Postal code : | 5370-620 | |||||
Avantos is a place and a former municipality in northern Portugal .
history
Today's place was probably created in the course of the new settlements during and after the medieval Reconquista .
In the 16th century Avantos had been a separate municipality in the Mirandela district for a long time.
In the 1880s, the municipality of Avantos was dissolved and Alvites was annexed, and in the statistics of 1900 it was again listed as an independent municipality.
Since around 1960, the community has seen increased emigration , especially to France. The population decreased from 308 in 1960 to 96 in 2011.
As part of the regional reform in Portugal in 2013 , the municipality of Avantos was merged with Romeu to form a new overall municipality.
Attractions
In addition to nature, which is accessible via the hiking trails of the Mirandela district administration, there are some architectural monuments in Avantos:
- Igreja de Santo André , the baroque parish church of Avantos from the 16./17. Century
- Casa Brasonada , small mansion in Avantos
- Fonte de Avantos , stone fountain in Avantos
- Capela de São Sebastião , chapel in Avantos from the 17th / 18th centuries Century
- Igreja de São Pedro , parish church in Pousadas built in 1699 with Mannerist , Baroque and Rococo influences
administration
Avantos was the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( Concelho ) of Mirandela in the Bragança district . The community had 96 inhabitants and an area of 12.89 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
Two localities belonged to the municipality:
- Avantos
- Pousadas
With the territorial reform of September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Avantos and Romeu were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Avantos e Romeu . Avantos became the seat of this new community.
Web links
- Entry on Avantos in the Mapas de Portugal
- Private video portrait of Avantos , 3-minute video clip on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry of the parish church of Avantos in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 12, 2020
- ↑ Entry of Casa Brasonada am Avantos in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 12, 2020
- ↑ Entry of the Fonte em Avantos in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 12, 2020
- ↑ Entry of the Capela de São Sebastião in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 12, 2020
- ^ Entry of the parish church of Pousadas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 12, 2020
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014