Couto de Esteves
| Couto de Esteves | ||||||
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Aveiro Region | |||||
| District : | Aveiro | |||||
| Concelho : | Sever do Vouga | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 45 ′ N , 8 ° 18 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 890 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 16.42 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 54 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 3740-037 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Claudino da Fonseca Soares | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Couto de Esteves Junta de Freguesia 3740-037 Couto de Esteves |
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| Website: | www.coutodeesteves.com | |||||
Couto de Esteves is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Sever do Vouga . It has 890 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
Finds prove a prehistoric settlement. The present location was first officially documented in 1067 , in a deed of ownership from the Mosteiro de Lorvão monastery . The place received its first city rights in 1128 by D.Teresa and her son D.Afonso Henriques , who later became the first king of Portugal. Since then it has been the seat of its own circle, which was listed in the royal register as Concelho Destevem in 1527 .
In 1836 the district was dissolved and Sever do Vouga was incorporated. The status of the small town ( Vila ) has not been revoked from Couto de Esteves to this day.
Culture and sights
The megalithic complex Anta de Cerqueira is located in the municipality. Other architectural monuments are Espigueiros , traditional granite granite stores, the manor house Solar da Fonte do Couto de Baixo , and the Mannerist - Baroque parish church Igreja Paroquial de Couto de Esteves (also Igreja de Santo Estêvão ) from the 17th century, among others
administration
The following localities are in the municipality ( Freguesia ) of Couto des Esteves:
- Amiais
- Catives
- Cerqueira
- Couto de Baixo
- Couto de Cima (town hall)
- Lameiras
- Lourizela
- Mouta
- Parada
- Vilarinho
The following are listed as separate residential areas in the municipality:
- Barreiro
- Coval
- Quinta do Rodo
- Quinta da Sernada
- Quinta de Souto Cerejeira
- Quinta do Vouga.
Web links
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
- ^ History page of the parish website , accessed June 2, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on June 2, 2013
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on June 2, 2013
- ↑ ditto
