Fornelo
| Fornelo | ||||||
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| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Porto metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | postage | |||||
| Concelho : | Vila do Conde | |||||
| Freguesia : | União das Freguesias de Fornelo e Vairão | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 20 ′ N , 8 ° 39 ′ W | |||||
Fornelo is a place and a former municipality in northwest Portugal .
history
Finds prove a settlement back to the Copper Age . Other finds date from the time of the Roman occupation , in particular numerous roof tiles.
The oldest mention of today's place comes from a deed of donation to the monastery of Vairão in 974.
Fornelos had been an independent community since 1586 at the latest. It was part of the Maia County until 1836. Since then Fornelo has been part of the Vila do Conde County.
With the municipal reform in 2013 , the independent municipality Fornelo was dissolved and merged with Vairão to form the new municipality Fornelo e Vairão .
administration
Fornelo was the seat of an independent municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Vila do Conde in the district of Porto . It had an area of 6.3 km² and 1390 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
As part of the regional reform on September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Fornelo and Vairão were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Fornelo e Vairão . Fornelo is the seat of this newly formed municipality.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Fornelo at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Profile Fornelos in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Information on Fornelo and Vairão on the website of the Vila do Conde district administration, accessed on December 2, 2016
- ^ Entry of the parish church of Fornelo in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on December 2, 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