Felgueiras (Torre de Moncorvo)
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| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Douro | |||||
| District : | Bragança | |||||
| Concelho : | Torre de Moncorvo | |||||
| Freguesia : | União das Freguesias de Felgueiras e Maçores | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 9 ′ N , 7 ° 1 ′ W | |||||
| Postal code : | 5160-091 | |||||
Felgueiras is a place and a former municipality in northeastern Portugal .
history
It is possible that people settled here in Roman times , as findings suggest. The current location may have been created during the medieval Reconquista . In 1436 King D. Duarte granted the town and his workers of the local iron ore mine some privileges.
Later, the manufacture of wax candles became an important industry here. The small factory, which was built in the 18th century and still exists today, presumably dates back to an older facility.
administration
Felgueiras was the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( Concelho ) of Torre de Moncorvo . The community had 289 inhabitants on an area of 23.07 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
Two localities are in the area of the former municipality:
- Felgueiras
- Quintas do Corisco
With the territorial reform of September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Felgueiras and Maçores were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Felgueiras e Maçores . Felgueiras is the seat of this newly formed municipality.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Tomé Rodrigues Sobra (1759–1829), chemist and professor at the University of Coimbra
- Isabel Mateus (* 1969), writer, pedagogue and literary scholar
Web links
- Entry on Felgueiras in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry of the Lagar de Cera de Felgueiras in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on September 3, 2018
- ↑ 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