Covilhã
Covilhã | ||||||
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Beiras e Serra da Estrela | |||||
District : | Castelo Branco | |||||
Concelho : | Covilhã | |||||
Coordinates : | 40 ° 17 ′ N , 7 ° 31 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 51,797 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 555.61 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 93 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 6200 | |||||
Covilhã County | ||||||
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Residents: | 51,797 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 555.61 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 93 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Number of municipalities : | 21st | |||||
administration | ||||||
Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Covilhã Praça do Município 6200-151 Covilhã |
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President of the Câmara Municipal: | Carlos Alberto Pinto PSD | |||||
Website: | www.cm-covilha.pt |
Covilhã [ kuviˈʎɐ̃ ] is a city ( Cidade ) in Portugal , on the southern edge of the Serra da Estrela Natural Park . In the administrative structure of Portugal , Covilhã is the seat of the district of the same name in the Castelo Branco district , in the Cova da Beira sub-region . On June 30, 2011, 51,797 inhabitants lived in the district on an area of 555.6 km², the population density was thus 93.2 inh / km².
history
The origin of the city of Covilhã goes back to a prehistoric settlement of the Castro culture , which was probably built as a refuge for Lusitan shepherds. Since the 2nd century BC BC invading Romans subjugated and Romanized the settlement.
King D Dinis had the place fortified with new city walls in 1186 and gave it its first city rights. Covilhã remained an important manufacturing center for wool and fabrics, and its population grew. In the course of the Portuguese voyages of discovery from 1415 , the tax revenue and products of the place were important, and a large number of local men were recruited for the expansions. Names like Pêro da Covilhã or the cartographer Rui Faleiro were instrumental in these trips.
Its importance for the woolen production remained an essential factor of the place through the centuries. Worth mentioning here are the factory school founded by the Count of Ericeira in 1681 , and the Real Fábrica dos Panos ( Portuguese for: Royal Fabrics Factory) created in 1763 by the absolutist - mercantilist Prime Minister Marquês de Pombal , today the administrative headquarters of the university. The Museu de Lanifícios wool museum established there is one of the most important of its kind in Europe.
In 1870 the previous small town ( Vila ) was elevated to a town ( Cidade ). Covilhã has also been a university town since the Beira Interior University was founded in 1979 .
The nearby dam Cova do Viriato was put into operation in 1982, the dam Covão do Ferro in 1956.
administration
Covilhã County
The neighboring districts of Covilhãs are (starting clockwise in the north): Seia , Manteigas , Guarda , Belmonte , Fundão , Pampilhosa da Serra and Arganil .
With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 31 to 21.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Covilhã district:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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Aldeia de Sao Francisco de Assis | 632 | 16.08 | 39 | 050302 |
Barco e Coutada | 879 | 24.03 | 37 | 050332 |
Boidobra | 3,246 | 16.26 | 200 | 050305 |
Cantar-Galo e Vila do Carvalho | 3,974 | 15.80 | 252 | 050333 |
Casegas e Ourondo | 797 | 48.25 | 17th | 050334 |
Cortes do Meio | 884 | 47.40 | 19th | 050308 |
Covilhã e Canhoso | 19,022 | 25.95 | 733 | 050335 |
Dominguizo | 1,119 | 4.95 | 226 | 050309 |
Erada | 709 | 43.40 | 16 | 050310 |
Ferro | 1,700 | 30.76 | 55 | 050311 |
Orjais | 806 | 18.90 | 43 | 050312 |
Paul | 1,624 | 23.99 | 68 | 050314 |
Peraboa | 953 | 27.20 | 35 | 050315 |
Peso e Vales do Rio | 1,411 | 15.89 | 89 | 050336 |
São Jorge da Beira | 633 | 23.05 | 27 | 050318 |
Sobral de Sao Miguel | 418 | 23.94 | 17th | 050322 |
Teixoso e Sarzedo | 4,490 | 46.69 | 96 | 050337 |
Tortosendo | 5,624 | 17.75 | 317 | 050324 |
Unhais da Serra | 1,398 | 29.93 | 47 | 050325 |
Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto | 814 | 18.90 | 43 | 050338 |
Verdelhos | 664 | 36.49 | 18th | 050327 |
Covilhã County | 51,797 | 555.61 | 93 | 0503 |
Population development
Population in Covilhã County (1801–2011) | ||||||||
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1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
21,293 | 22,078 | 44,427 | 49,934 | 72,957 | 60,945 | 53,999 | 54.505 | 51,797 |
Municipal holiday
- the 20th of October
Town twinning
- Santarém ( Portugal , since 1992)
- Berstett ( France , since 1999)
- Oeiras ( Portugal , since 2000)
- Roubaix ( France , since 2000)
- Praia ( Cape Verde , since 2008)
- Madalena ( Azores )
- Laleia ( East Timor )
- Trelew ( Argentina )
- Blumenau ( Brazil , in preparation)
Sports
Motorsport
Covilha is the starting point of the past to the European Hill Climb Championship scoring Mountain race Rampa Internacional Serra da Estrela . The race will continue and count towards the " FIA International Hill Climb Cup " rating .
Soccer
The place is home to the football club Sporting Clube da Covilhã , which last played (2013/14 season) in the Second Portuguese League . After playing his home games in the Estádio José Santos Pinto stadium for many years , he now welcomes his guests to the 3,000-seat Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã .
The Grupo Desportivo Covilhanenses and the Futebol Clube Estrela de Unhais da Serra , based in the municipality of Unhais da Serra, are two other of the numerous football clubs in the district.
Winter sports
Covilhã regularly organizes tournaments, in particular the freestyle snowboard tournament Snowboard Urban Festival , which is part of the European championship and Olympic qualification.
economy
The textile industry traditionally has a high priority in the local economy. Ores are also mined in the district. The Minas da Panasqueira mines , whose main mining front is now in Barroca Grande (municipality of Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis ), are among the five most important tungsten deposits in the world. In the Second World War , the Salazar regime delivered the heavy metal, which is important for the war effort , to Nazi Germany.
Tourism has gained in importance, especially as a nationally known center of winter sports. Cheese and sausage from Covilhã are nationally known specialties.
Besides the University are here, as a regional regional center also manage and trade, to name as factors, including in 2005, the shopping center SerraShopping the Sonae group.
traffic
With its station on the Linha da Beira Baixa railway line , Covilhã is integrated into the nationwide rail network. With its connection points to the A23 motorway , the city is also connected to the state's motorway network.
Covilhã is part of the national bus network of Rede Expressos .
The Covilha airport is used by private and sport bikes.
The Public transport is by the urban Covilha Transportes Urbanos since ensured that in cooperation with private bus companies (in public concession) bus routes under the name Covibus operate. In addition to the inner-city lines N1, N2 and N3, there are a number of other lines that connect the localities of the district.
sons and daughters of the town
- José Vizinho (15th century), Jewish doctor, physicist and mathematician
- Rui Faleiro (15th century), astronomer and cartographer
- Pêro da Covilhã (1450–1530), Portuguese diplomat and researcher, born in Covilhã
- Mateus Fernandes († 1515), architect
- Francisco Tavares de Almeida Proença (1798–1872), politician, minister
- António Plácido da Costa (1848–1950), doctor and microbiologist
- Manuel Damasceno da Costa (1867–1922), Bishop of Angra do Heroísmo (Azores)
- José do Patrocínio Dias (1884–1965), military officer, Bishop of Beja
- Eduardo Malta (1900–1967), painter
- José Marmelo e Silva (1911–1991), writer
- José dos Santos Garcia (1913-2010), Roman Catholic Bishop of Porto Amélia
- José Carlos Loureiro (* 1925), architect
- António Alçada Baptista (1927–2008), lawyer and writer
- Ernesto Manuel Geraldes de Melo e Castro (* 1932), engineer, textile designer, experimental poet, author
- João Malaca Casteleiro (* 1936), linguist
- Pedro Roseta (* 1943), lawyer and politician, from 2002 Minister of Culture in the Durão Barroso cabinet
- Rui Mateus (* 1944), politician, co-founder of the Partido Socialista
- Margarida Gil (* 1950), film director
- José Bogalheiro (* 1950), director, university lecturer at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema
- João Gil (* 1955), musician, co-founder of the Trovante group
- Eugénia Melo e Castro (* 1958), singer and composer, daughter of Ernesto Manuel Geraldes de Melo e Castro
- José Luís Arnaut (* 1963), lawyer and politician, multiple minister
- Pedro Miguel Paiva (* 1973), television producer
- Carlos Xistra (* 1974), international football referee
- Paula Salgado (* 1975), biochemist
- Pedro Taborda (* 1978), Portuguese football player
- Miguel Gonçalves Mendes (* 1978), film director
- Bruno Borralhinho (* 1982), cellist
- João Daniel Mendes Real (* 1983), football player
- Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho (* 1987), football player
José Sócrates (* 1957, Prime Minister of Portugal from 2005 to 2011) grew up in Covilhã.
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
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ http://www.cm-covilha.pt/simples/?f=2702
- ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on September 18, 2013
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ Municípios Portugueses: Geminações de Cidades e Vilas , accessed on January 7, 2018.
- ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on December 16, 2012
- ↑ Article of December 16, 2012 in the weekly Expresso , accessed on December 16, 2012
- ↑ Line overview on the Covibus website, accessed on September 18, 2013