Curopos
| Curopos | ||||||
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Terras de Trás-os-Montes | |||||
| District : | Bragança | |||||
| Concelho : | Vinhais | |||||
| Freguesia : | União das Freguesias de Curopos e Vale de Janeiro | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 48 ′ N , 7 ° 6 ′ W | |||||
| Postal code : | 5335-051 | |||||
Curopos is a place and a former municipality in northeastern Portugal , in the Trás-os-Montes region .
Curopos is known regionally for its triangular bread, the Três Têtos .
history
Today's place was probably built in the Middle Ages, after the Reconquista . Curopos was first officially documented in the royal registers from 1258.
It was an independent municipality in the Vinhais district until the administrative reorganization in Portugal in 2013 . Since then, it has been part of the UF Curopos e Vale de Janeiro community .
administration
Curopos was a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Vinhais , in the Bragança district . The community had 212 inhabitants and an area of 21.56 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
There are three villages in the area of the former municipality:
- Curopos
- Hall
- Valpaços
As part of the regional reform in Portugal in 2013 , the municipalities of Curopos and Vale de Janeiro were merged on September 29, 2013 to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Curopos e Vale de Janeiro . Curopos is the seat of this newly formed community.
Web links
- Website about Curopos (as blog, Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief portrait of the former Curopos community on Vinhais.com.pt, accessed on July 8, 2016
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014