Felgar

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Felgar
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Felgar (Portugal)
Felgar
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Douro
District : Bragança
Concelho : Torre de Moncorvo
Freguesia : União das Freguesias de Felgar e Souto da Velha
Coordinates : 41 ° 13 ′  N , 6 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 13 ′  N , 6 ° 57 ′  W

Felgar is a place and a former municipality in northeastern Portugal .

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement, in particular the Iron Age excavation site Povoado do Castelinho should be mentioned.

In the former village of Silhades (also Cilhades), located on the Rio Sabor , there was a village from the Iron Age to well beyond the High Middle Ages , which is now submerged in the Baixo Sabor reservoir .

Felgar was a separate municipality until 2013 when it was merged with Souto da Velha .

administration

Population development in the municipality of Felgar (1864–2011)

Felgar was the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Torre de Moncorvo in the Bragança district . The community had 954 inhabitants on an area of ​​34.49 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the area of ​​the former municipality:

  • Carvalhal
  • Felgar
  • Quinta da Pinheira
  • Quinta das Lamelas

With the territorial reform of September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Felgar and Souto da Velha were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Felgar e Souto da Velha . Felgar is the seat of this newly formed community.

traffic

Until the line was closed in 1988, Felgar was connected to rail traffic with the Felgar and Carvalhal stations on the Linha do Sabor railway line .

Felgar is about 4 km from the national road N220, which leads to the district town of Torre de Moncorvo, which is about 8 km away.

Web links

Commons : Felgar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry of Povoado do Castelinho em Felgar in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on September 4, 2018
  2. ↑ Page on the village of Felgar at the Torre de Moncorvo district administration, accessed on September 4, 2018
  3. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014