Azurém

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Azurém
coat of arms map
Azurém Coat of Arms Location map for Azurém
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Ave
District : Braga
Concelho : Guimarães
Coordinates : 41 ° 27 ′  N , 8 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 27 ′  N , 8 ° 18 ′  W
Residents: 8348 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 2.9 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 2879 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor : José de Castro Antunes ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Azurém
R. São Pedro 316
4800-070 Guimarães
Website: www.jfazurem.pt

Azurém is a town and municipality in northern Portugal .

The University of Minho has one of its two branch offices here, the Campus de Azurém .

Panorama of Azurém

history

Finds indicate a possible prehistoric settlement from the Neolithic to the Castro culture . The current town may have been created during the settlement policy in the course of the Christian Reconquista .

The oldest documented mention of today's village comes from the year 959, as Villa de Asoredi . In the royal registers of 1220 and 1258, the community was listed under the name of Sancto Petro de Asorei .

administration

Population development in the municipality of Azurém (1864–2011)

Azurém is the seat of a parish of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of the city of Guimarães , in the Braga district . The municipality has an area of ​​2.9 km² and has 8348 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The municipality consists of the following localities and residential areas:

  • Azurém
  • Bairro da Madre de Deus
  • Cancelas da Veiga
  • Conceição
  • Monte Largo
  • Pegada
  • Sobreiro
  • Urbanização das Quintas
  • Urbanização S. Pedro
Ana Dulce Félix at the World Championships 2011 in Daegu

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ History Azuréms on the website of the municipal administration (port.), Accessed on 31 October 2015