Celorico de Basto

Celorico de Basto
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Tâmega e Sousa
District :	Braga
Concelho :	Celorico de Basto
Coordinates :	41 ° 23 ′ N , 8 ° 0 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 23 ′ N , 8 ° 0 ′ W
Residents:	20,098 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	181.09 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	111 inhabitants per km²
Celorico de Basto district
Residents:	20,098 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	181.09 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	111 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	15th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Celorico de Basto ; Praça Cardeal D. António Ribeiro ; 4890-220 Celorico de Basto
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Dr. Joaquim Monteiro da Mota e Silva ( PPD / PSD )
Website:	www.mun-celoricodebasto.pt

Celorico de Basto is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 20,098 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Coat of arms on Braga Cathedral

history

The Romans encountered an already existing Celtic settlement called Celióbrigo or Celóbriga here. Not much is known from the following epochs of the Visigoths and Moors . During the Reconquista , the area gained some strategic importance and the castles of Celorico de Basto and Arnoias were built, some time before the independence of the Kingdom of Portugal from 1140 .

In 1520 Celorico de Basto received city rights. From the 17th century onwards, a number of mansions were built in the district, mostly by emigrants who had become wealthy in Brazil . The seat of the district was housed in a simple building at the castle Castelo de Arnoia until it was moved to the municipality of Britelo in April 1719 under the name Vila Nova de Freixieiro .

administration

circle

Celorico de Basto is the seat of a circle of the same name ( concelho ). The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Cabeceiras de Basto , Mondim de Basto , Amarante , Felgueiras and Fafe .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 22 to 15.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Celorico de Basto district:

Celorico de Basto district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Agilde	1,227	9.01	136	030501
Arnóia	1,702	18.73	91	030502
Borba de Montanha	1,294	10.89	119	030503
Britelo, Gémeos e Ourilhe	3,670	17.17	214	030523
Caçarilhe e Infesta	758	11.48	66	030524
Canedo de Basto e Corgo	1,321	13.23	100	030525
Carvalho e Basto	1,001	10.03	100	030526
Codeçoso	444	10.70	42	030508
Fervença	1,445	12.05	120	030510
Moreira do Castelo	627	6.14	102	030515
Rego	1,241	17.09	73	030517
Ribas	1,068	8.28	129	030518
Sao Clemente de Basto	1,524	15.41	99	030520
Vale de Bouro	813	7.89	103	030521
Veade, Gagos e Molares	1.963	12.99	151	030527
Celorico de Basto district	20,098	181.09	111	0305

Population development

Population in the Celorico de Basto district (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011	2017
25,573	21,381	20.134	22,684	24,392	22,671	21,477	20,466	20,098	19,264

Municipal holiday

July 25th

Town twinning

Luxembourg Luxembourg : Wiltz (since 2004)
France France : Houilles (since 2006)
Brazil Brazil : Catanduva

The old train station of Celorico de Basto

traffic

Until the closure of the Linha do Tâmega railway line in 2009, Celorico de Basto was connected to the country's rail network.

The town is connected to the A7 motorway , which runs 18 km to the north, via the N210 national road .

sons and daughters of the town

João Pinto Ribeiro (1590–1649), lawyer, archivist of the Torre do Tombo , knight of Christ , activist of the Portuguese independence movement 1640
João Marinho Coelho Barros, father of Irineu Marinho and uncle of Roberto Marinho
Ilídio de Araújo (* 1925), landscape architect
António Ribeiro (1928–1998), Archbishop of Braga from 1967, previously known from his own television program
Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva (* 1932), Former Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco
Rodrigo Manuel Lopes de Sousa e Castro (* 1944), military, activist of the Carnation Revolution

Web links

Commons : Celorico de Basto - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website

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
↑ ^a ^b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on August 27, 2013
^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
^ Website of the district , accessed on August 27, 2013
↑ List of Celorico de Bastos partnerships at the Association of Portuguese District Governments (ANMP), accessed on January 5, 2019

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_PT_0305-1] 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] www.verportugal.net , accessed on August 27, 2013

[4] Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014

[5] Website of the district , accessed on August 27, 2013

[6] List of Celorico de Bastos partnerships at the Association of Portuguese District Governments (ANMP), accessed on January 5, 2019