Fermedo

Fermedo
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Porto metropolitan area
District :	Aveiro
Concelho :	Arouca
Coordinates :	40 ° 57 ′ N , 8 ° 25 ′ W Coordinates: 40 ° 57 ′ N , 8 ° 25 ′ W
Residents:	1340 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	11.11 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	121 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4540-573
politics
Mayor :	Alberto da Silva Oliveira
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Fermedo ; Lugar do Adro ; 4540-573 Fermedo
Website:	www.fermedo.aroucanet.com

Fermedo is a small town ( Vila ) and a municipality in Portugal .

history

Excavations show a prehistoric settlement, while tombstones are from Roman times. From his time as a place in the Visigothic Empire in the 5th / 6th centuries. Century AD probably comes the place name, which is said to have developed from the then Pharamundo or Faramondo via Fermudo to today's Fermedo.

In the course of the Reconquista , the monastery of Crestuma received the area around 922 , and Fermedo became the seat of its own district. Presumably it received its first town charter before the independence of the Kingdom of Portugal by Count Heinrich von Burgund ( Portuguese : D. Henrique), but there are no clear documents here. The renewed city rights from 1275 by King D. Afonso III. Thus, the first documented city law Fermedos that since the title of a Vila transmits (administration small town). King D. Manuel I gave Fermedo renewed city rights on September 27, 1514.

Fermedo remained an independent administrative district, with its seat in the town of Cabeçais, until the district was dissolved on October 24, 1855. Since then, Fermedo has been a municipality in the Arouca district.

administration

Fermedo is a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Arouca , in the district of Aveiro . 1340 inhabitants live in it on an area of 11 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

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

The following places are in the municipality:

Abrunhal
Adegas
Adro
Aldeia
Arroteia
Balaído
Borralhoso
Cabeçais
Carvalhal
Carvalhal Redondo

Castelo
Cavaco
Cela Arda
Corgo
Cruz das Eiras
Eiras
Mosteiro
Olival
Orvida
Outeiro

Parameira
Paramo
Presa Grande
Resumil
Roda
Romão
Tanhel
Tapada
Trás do Rio
Vale do Condo

Web links

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

Website of the municipality of Fermedo (port.)
Website Fermedos at the district administration of Arouca (port.)
Photos from Fermedo on Flickr
Video clip of a flight over the Fermedo community center , 2-minute amateur video on YouTube

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
↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
↑ History of Fermedos ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the municipality of Fermedo (port.), accessed on August 17, 2015 @1@ 2

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_PT_010411-1] www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[Fläche-2] Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

[3] History of Fermedos ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the municipality of Fermedo (port.), accessed on August 17, 2015 @1@ 2