Boticas

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Boticas
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Boticas
Boticas (Portugal)
Boticas
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Alto Tâmega
District : Vila Real
Concelho : Boticas
Freguesia : Boticas e Granja
Coordinates : 41 ° 41 ′  N , 7 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′  N , 7 ° 40 ′  W
Postal code : 5460-328
politics
Website: www.boticas.freguesias.pt
Boticas district
flag map
Flag of Boticas Position of the circle of Botica
Residents: 5750 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 321.96 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 18 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 10
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Boticas
Praceta do Município
5460-304 Boticas
President of the Câmara Municipal: Fernando Pereira Campos ( PSD )
Website: www.cm-boticas.pt

Boticas is a small town ( vila ) in northern Portugal .

history

In the 2nd century BC BC the Romans conquered the Iberian Peninsula . Fortified Castro culture settlements probably already existed here , in which the Romans settled in order to mine ore in the surrounding mines and to use the thermal springs of Carvalhelhos. The current place name is derived from the Latin apotheca .

In the course of the Reconquista , the administrative unit of Barroso was created, to which Boticas belonged. After the successful revolution of 1383 , in which the independence of Portugal was secured, King João I gave the area to the knight Nuno Álvares Pereira .

The independent county Boticas was in the course of administrative reform after the 1822 Liberal Revolution and the subsequent liberal wars (1832/34) in the year 1836 newly created by splitting off from the then defunct county Barroso.

Culture and sights

In addition to various sacred buildings , stone fountains and historical public buildings (elementary school and court), the historical town center as a whole is also a listed building.

The small museum Repositório Histórico do “Vinho dos Mortos” recalls a curious episode from the second Napoleonic invasion . When the inhabitants of Boticas hid all their belongings from General Soult's approaching troops in 1808 , they also buried their stocks of wine. When they dug it up later, they did not find any spoiled wine, on the contrary, wine with improved taste. This local wine specialty has been called Vinho dos Mortos ( Portuguese for: wine of the dead), which refers to the burying of the wine.

The Museu Rural de Boticas is dedicated to the regional agricultural history and the earlier everyday life in the district. Other places of culture are the art and cultural center Centro de Artes Nadir Afonso , the archaeological park Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Terva in the municipality of Bobadela , the municipal library Biblioteca Municipal , and the municipal conference and event center Auditório Municipal Dr. José S. Fernandes , u. a. with concerts, cinema and exhibitions.

administration

circle

Boticas is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Vila Real district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 1,283 inhabitants on an area of ​​322 km².

The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Montalegre , Chaves , Vila Pouca de Aguiar , Ribeira de Pena and Cabeceiras de Basto .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 16 to ten.

The following municipalities are in the Boticas district:

Boticas district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Alturas do Barroso e Cerdedo 544 56.64 10 170217
Ardãos e Bobadela 579 37.12 16 170218
Boticas e Granja 1,510 22.66 67 170219
Beça 843 29.86 28 170203
Codessoso, Curros e Fiães do Tâmega 298 35.17 8th 170220
Covas do Barroso 262 29.58 9 170208
Dornelas 338 36.58 9 170210
Pinho 401 22.37 18th 170213
Sapiãos 488 21.1 23 170215
Vilar e Viveiro 487 30.88 16 170221
Boticas district 5,750 321.96 18th 1702

Population development

Population in the district of Boticas (1849–2011)
1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
10,226 10,982 11,154 14,481 8773 7936 6417 5750

Municipal holiday

  • November 6th

Town twinning

traffic

The national road N311 leads to junction no. 20 ( Vidago ), 16 km to the east, of the A24 motorway , which leads to the district capital of Vila Real, 45 km to the south, and to Galicia , which begins around 25 km to the north . The N312 runs north to the N103 through road 4 km away, which leads to Chaves, about 20 km to the east, and Braga , about 100 km to the west .

Boticas does not have its own railway connection. Until the temporary closure of the Linha do Corgo , the nearest train station was in Vidago, about 16 km to the east.

The centrally located bus station Central de Camionagem de Boticas is the starting point for a number of private bus routes that offer local, regional and national connections.

Lithium deposits

There are lithium deposits in the area around Boticas . There is talk of the most important deposits in Europe in the Mina do Barroso Lithium Project . Lithium is bound in hard rock as so-called spodumene . In some places you can find lithium from the first meter of drilling, in others you have to go 20 to 30 meters deep. Light, silvery, shiny rock, which is crushed to powder when it is removed, contains lithium. Since 2017 there have been test wells from various companies. In the second half of 2019, the decision should be made as to whether it is worth reducing. At present, around 40 exploration companies have applied for licenses from the Portuguese government.

Web links

Commons : Boticas  - 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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 56 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
  4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on September 29, 2013
  5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on September 29, 2013
  6. ↑ The Repositório do Vinho dos Mortos on the district Web site, accessed on September 29, 2013
  7. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  8. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  9. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on September 28, 2013
  10. ↑ Mina do Barroso Key Info savannahresources.com. Accessed August 8, 2018
  11. ↑ The white gold of Portugal zeit.de. Retrieved August 8, 2018