Celorico da Beira
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Beiras e Serra da Estrela | |||||
| District : | Guarda | |||||
| Concelho : | Celorico da Beira | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 38 ′ N , 7 ° 24 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 7693 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 247.2 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 31 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Celorico da Beira district | ||||||
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| Residents: | 7693 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 247.2 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 31 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Number of municipalities : | 16 | |||||
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| Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Celorico da Beira Rua Sacadura Cabral 6360-350 Celorico da Beira |
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| Website: | www.cm-celoricodabeira.pt | |||||
Celorico da Beira is a vila (small town) and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal .
history
Celtiberian Turdulians settled in the area, whereby the different theories of historians assume periods of time between 500 BC. BC to back to 2000 BC Go. After the area was conquered by the Romans , various Roman roads ran through today's Celorico da Beira, some of which have been preserved in various places in the district.
In the course of the Reconquista and Portugal's efforts to achieve independence from its Spanish neighbors, various fortresses were built, such as Linhares , and settlement was promoted. In the further course the strategic importance of the area decreased again, with the relocation of the Reconquista to the south and the consolidation of the independent Kingdom of Portugal after the Treaty of Alcañices in 1297. Celorico da Beira received city rights ( Foral ) for the first time after its reconquest from the Moors in 12 Century, but no exact date has been reported. In 1512 King Manuel I renewed the town charter and elevated Celorico to vila, a small town with special administrative rights.
During the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula , Celorico was the scene of troop movements several times. The French units under Loison camped here on their retreat from Lamego in 1808. In September 1810, Masséna's troops were in Celorico, three months before the later General Wellington reached the area. In March, Masséna was in Celorico for the last time.
Culture, sports and sights
Linhares da Beira is one of the twelve historic villages in the municipality , the Aldeias Históricas de Portugal . In addition to the regional, longer hiking trails, the local administration in the district has also created shorter, thematically arranged circular routes, PR 1 to 3 ( Pequenas Rotas , Portuguese for: small routes).
The cheese and agriculture museum Museu do Agricultor e do Queijo is open to visitors, as is the Castelo de Celorico da Beira and a number of other monuments in the district. In the towns of Celorico da Beira and Linhares there are tourist information offices open, the Postos de Turismo .
administration
Celorico da Beira district
Celorico da Beira is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Guarda district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 7,693 inhabitants on an area of 247.2 km².
The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Trancoso , Pinhel , Guarda , Gouveia and Fornos de Algodres .
With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 22 to 16.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Celorico da Beira district:
| local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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| Açores e Velosa | 466 | 20.94 | 22nd | 090323 |
| Baraçal | 227 | 12.22 | 19th | 090302 |
| Celorico e Vila Boa do Mondego | 2,385 | 41.10 | 58 | 090324 |
| Carrapichana | 216 | 5.60 | 39 | 090304 |
| Casas do Soeiro | 499 | 6.00 | 83 | 090322 |
| Cortiçô da Serra, Vide Entre Vinhas e Salgueirais | 450 | 22.34 | 20th | 090325 |
| Forno Telheiro | 735 | 20.76 | 35 | 090306 |
| Lajeosa do Mondego | 698 | 12.46 | 56 | 090307 |
| Linhares | 259 | 15.71 | 16 | 090308 |
| Maçal do Chão | 160 | 15.12 | 11 | 090309 |
| Mesquitela | 238 | 17.01 | 14th | 090310 |
| Minhocal | 175 | 10.75 | 16 | 090311 |
| Prados | 180 | 14.23 | 13 | 090312 |
| Rapa e Cadafaz | 302 | 16.17 | 19th | 090326 |
| Ratoeira | 303 | 7.74 | 39 | 090314 |
| Vale de Azares | 400 | 9.05 | 44 | 090318 |
| Celorico da Beira district | 7,693 | 247.20 | 31 | 0903 |
Population development
| Population in the Celorico da Beira district (1801–2011) | |||||||||
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| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | |
| 7755 | 8113 | 15,820 | 14,880 | 14,930 | 10,269 | 8875 | 8875 | 7695 | |
Town twinning
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France : Grignols in the Gironde department (since 1995)
traffic
Celorico da Beira is on the Linha da Beira Alta railway line and on the A25 motorway . The place is integrated into the national intercity bus network of Rede Expressos .
economy
The place is known nationwide for its cheese specialties, and is considered a capital of the Queijo Serra da Estrela . Tourism is also of some importance, especially in rural tourism and other forms of individual tourism .
In terms of industry, wool processing and the textile industry deserve special mention. The German textile manufacturer Mey has also had a factory in Celorico da Beira since 1991 . In addition, agriculture is still important in the district.
sons and daughters of the town
- João Cabral (1599–1669), Jesuit missionary
- José César Ferreira Gil (1858–1922), military and historian, opponent of the German protection force in East Africa during the First World War
- José Alberto dos Reis (1875–1955), lawyer and politician, co-author of the civil law in Portugal, which was renewed in 1939
- Fausto de Figueiredo (1880–1950), entrepreneur, is considered to be the founder in particular of fashionable tourism in Estoril
- Sacadura Cabral (1881–1924), naval officer and aviation pioneer, companion of Gago Coutinho in 1921
- António Almeida Costa (1903–1978), mathematician
- António Rosa Coutinho (1926–2010), politician and admiral, officer of the Carnation Revolution
- Alfredo Cunha (* 1953), photojournalist
Web links
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- ↑ a b c www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ^ History pages of the district website (various entries under História ), accessed on December 27, 2012
- ↑ www.cm-celoricodabeira.pt ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 27, 2012
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ entry in the Pathfinder , the Internet encyclopedia of Porto Editora , accessed on 27 December 2012
- ^ Biography Ferreira Gils (Portuguese), accessed on January 21, 2018
- ↑ Person encyclopedia Quem é Quem - Portugueses Célebres. Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2009 ( ISBN 978-989-644-047-3 ), page 445
- ↑ Person encyclopedia Quem é Quem - Portugueses Célebres. Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2009 ( ISBN 978-989-644-047-3 ), page 220
- ↑ Person encyclopedia Quem é Quem - Portugueses Célebres. Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2009 ( ISBN 978-989-644-047-3 ), page 111
- ↑ Person encyclopedia Quem é Quem - Portugueses Célebres. Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2009 ( ISBN 978-989-644-047-3 ), page 166
