Cete

Cete
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Porto metropolitan area
District :	postage
Concelho :	Paredes
Coordinates :	41 ° 11 ′  N , 8 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 11 ′  N , 8 ° 21 ′  W
Residents:	3113 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	4.68 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	665 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4580-321
politics
Mayor :	Joaquim Tomás Fernandes Correira
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Cete Rua de Fontielas, N.º 2 4580-321 Cete

Cete (sometimes also Cête ) is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Paredes . It has a population of 3113 (as of June 30, 2011).

history

In the 10th century there was already a monastery here, which was rebuilt at the end of the 11th century. The place that developed around the monastery belonged to the Aguiar de Sousa district . After its dissolution in 1855, Cete became a municipality in the Paredes district. In 2003 Cete received the status of a small town ( Vila ).

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  The Romanesque monastery church of Cete

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  The cloister of the monastery, 15th century

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  Front view of the monastery, 1905

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. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on February 8, 2014