Espiunca
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| Coordinates : | 40 ° 59 ′ N , 8 ° 13 ′ W | |||||
| Postal code : | 4540-344 | |||||
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| Website: | www.espiunca.aroucanet.com | |||||
Espiunca is a place and a former municipality in Portugal .
history
In 1758 Espiunca was owned by the Braganza family . A Benedictine monastery had existed here for a long time, but this was abandoned along with other smaller monasteries in order to build the Avé-Maria monastery in Porto .
Espiunca remained an independent municipality until the territorial reform in Portugal in 2013 , when it was merged with Canelas to form the new municipality Canelas e Espiunca .
administration
Espiunca was the seat of a parish of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( Concelho ) of Arouca , in the Aveiro district . The last 384 people lived in the community (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities are in the area of the former municipality:
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(1): Vila Viçosa was long known as Lugar de Cornes and is the only town in the municipality to be located on the right of the Paiva River.
On September 29, 2013, the municipalities of Espiunca and Canelas were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Canelas e Espiunca .
Web links
- Website of the former municipality of Espiunca (port.)
- Photos from Espiunca on Flickr
- Espiunca page at aroundguides.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the municipality of Espiunca ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the former Espiunca municipality, accessed on August 3, 2015
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014
