Bouça

Bouça
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Terras de Trás-os-Montes
District :	Bragança
Concelho :	Mirandela
Coordinates :	41 ° 39 ′ N , 7 ° 13 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 39 ′ N , 7 ° 13 ′ W
Residents:	261 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	12.99 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	20 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5385-031
politics
Mayor :	Duarte José Ruivo ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Bouça ; Rua de S. Sebastião, n.º 2 ; 5385 - 031 Bouça

Bouça is a locality and a municipality in the north of Portugal .

history

Finds show a prehistoric settlement, including the Estátua Menir da Bouça , a menhir from the megalithic era .

Today's place was probably created with the settlement policy in the course of the medieval Reconquista , with the most populous place Ferradosa as the starting point. In the 17th century it was documented as Bouça do Nuno and in the 19th century as Bouça do Nunes . The name Nune is assumed as the origin of the name, a personal name that was common here in the Middle Ages. Bouça later lost the name affix.

Bouça has been a separate municipality since at least the 17th century.

administration

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

Bouça is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district of Mirandela . 261 inhabitants live in it on an area of 13 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the municipality:

Bouça
Cruzamento da Bouça
Ferradosa

Web links

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

Website on the Bouça municipality at the Mirandela County Council
Entry on Bouças in the Mapas de Portugal

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
↑ Entry of the Estátua Menir da Bouça in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020
^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 56 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
↑ Entry of the parish church of Bouça (under Cronologia ) in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_PT_040708-1] www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[Fläche-2] Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

[3] Entry of the Estátua Menir da Bouça in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020

[4] João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 56 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )

[5] Entry of the parish church of Bouça (under Cronologia ) in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 7, 2020