Corte do Pinto

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Corte do Pinto
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Corte do Pinto
Corte do Pinto (Portugal)
Corte do Pinto
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Baixo Alentejo
District : Be yes
Concelho : Mertola
Coordinates : 37 ° 42 ′  N , 7 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 42 ′  N , 7 ° 29 ′  W
Residents: 857 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 71.46 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 12 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 7750-102
politics
Mayor : João Xavier da Costa Venâncio ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Corte do Pinto
Rua Doutor Santos Martins, 2
7750-102 Corte do Pinto

Corte do Pinto is a place and a municipality in the Baixo Alentejo region in southern Portugal .

In the municipality is the extensive site of the former Mina de São Domingos mine , whose loading point is already outside the municipality, in the village of Pomarão on the Rio Guadiana .

history

Workers and mine train ( Linha São Domingos - Pomarão ) in the Mina de São Domingos, around 1880

The municipality is located in the area of ​​the pyrite belt of the South Iberian peninsula . A mining of the mineral, already operated by the Phoenicians here, is documented here at the latest with the Roman mines from AD 397, which were uncovered in 1857 .

The independent municipality of Corte do Pinto has been noted since the 16th century. However, the municipality only experienced the most significant development in the 19th century, in connection with the new start of copper mining.

The English company Mason & Barry Ltd. acquired a first concession in 1856 and began mining pyrite in 1858 . In the years that followed, a town emerged around the mines and factories. The population in the entire parish subsequently increased from around 500 in 1840 to 6,557 in 1950. After that, the production of the mines fell, and with the increasing economic problems, the population of the parish also fell. The factory ceased operations in 1962, and the last conveyor system was finally closed in 1965.

administration

Population development in the municipality of Corte do Pinto (1864–2011)

Corte do Pinto is a commune ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Mértola , in the district of Beja . The community has an area of ​​71.5 km² and 857 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). This corresponds to a population density of 12 inh / km².

The following places are in the municipality:

The church of Mina de São Domingos

Web links

Commons : Corte do Pinto  - 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. ↑ Entry of the Minas de São Domingos in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on July 18, 2016
  4. ↑ Entry of the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Corte do Pinto in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on July 18, 2016
  5. ↑ Entry of the residential development of Minas de São Domingos in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on July 18, 2016