Fundão (Portugal)

Fundão
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Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District :	Castelo Branco
Concelho :	Fundão
Coordinates :	40 ° 8 ′  N , 7 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 8 ′  N , 7 ° 30 ′  W
Residents:	9268 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	17.79 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	521 inhabitants per km²
District Fundão
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Residents:	29,213 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	700.21 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	42 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	23
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Fundão Praça do Municipio 6230-338 Fundão
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Manuel Joaquim Barata Frexes
Website:	www.cm-fundao.pt

Fundão [ fũˈdɐ̃ũ ] is a city in Portugal with 9268 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

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history

Finds from the Bronze Age prove a settlement since the Castro culture . From the time of the Roman occupation are u. a. Villas and apartment buildings have been found. The current place was probably created in connection with the repopulation of the area during the Reconquista and the establishment of the independent Kingdom of Portugal in 1140.

In the surveys under King D. Dinis in 1314, the place is listed as a larger municipality. Only in the course of the 15th and especially the 16th century did the place develop more significantly when Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition also settled here. As a result, the population grew and early manufactories emerged. The establishment of the Real Fábrica-Escola (English: royal factory and school) by the Marquês de Pombal in the 17th century marked a further development of the place, especially through the textile industry and wool processing. In 1747 it became the seat of its own circle.

The Fundão, which has been run as a vila (small town) since 1747, was elevated to a cidade (town) in 1988 .

Culture, sports and sights

The Cine-Teatro Gardunha cinema

The numerous monuments of the place include a multitude of sacred buildings , mansions and fountains, as well as various historical public buildings. Today's town hall ( Câmara Municipal ) is housed in the former Real Fábrica de Lanifícios do Fundão , the textile factory and school founded by the Marquês de Pombal in 1755. The historic town center as a whole is also a listed building.

The international short film festival Imago - International Young Film Festival has been taking place in the listed cinema Cine-Teatro Gardunha since 1998 .

The Associação Desportiva do Fundão , founded in 1955, is the most important sports club in the district. He is best known for his futsal department, which plays in the first Portuguese league and plays its home games in the municipal sports complex Pavilhão Municipal do Fundão .

administration

Fundão town hall

The circle

Fundão is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Covilhã , Belmonte , Sabugal , Penamacor , Idanha-a-Nova , Castelo Branco , Oleiros and Pampilhosa da Serra .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 31 to 23.

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Fundão district:

District Fundão

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Alcaide	616	16.72	37	050401
Alcaria	1,180	21.48	55	050402
Alcongosta	497	7.31	68	050403
Alpedrinha	1,087	16.19	67	050406
Barroca	496	23.10	21st	050408
Bogas de Cima	347	31.24	11	050410
Capinha	494	39.64	12	050411
Castelejo	656	29.52	22nd	050412
Castelo Novo	406	40.51	10	050413
Enxames	520	22.48	23	050431
Fatela	564	11.27	50	050416
Fundão, Valverde, Donas, Aldeia de Joanes e Aldeia Nova do Cabo	13,434	57.83	232	050434
Janeiro de Cima e Bogas de Baixo	500	46.36	11	050433
Lavacolhos	236	19.87	12	050419
Orca	650	54.98	12	050420
Pero Viseu	728	19.20	38	050421
Póvoa de Atalaia e Atalaia do Campo	1,188	24.18	49	050435
Silvares	968	20.25	48	050424
Soalheira	891	12.42	72	050425
Souto da Casa	807	29.37	27	050426
Telhado	618	17.64	35	050427
Três Povos	914	65.96	14th	050432
Vale de Prazeres e Mata da Rainha	1,416	72.69	19th	050436
District Fundão	29,213	700.21	42	0504

Population development

Population in the Fundão district (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
14,658	15,821	35,248	42,932	47,593	32,089	31,687	31,482	29,172

Municipal holiday

• September 15th

Town twinning

•  Portugal : Marinha Grande (since 1993)
•  Portugal : Vila Real de Santo António (since 1994)
•  Estonia : Haapsalu (since 2004)
•  Spain : Alcántara (since 2005)
•  Cape Verde : Tarrafal (cooperation agreement since 2008)
•  Brazil : Campinas (since 2012)
•  Spain : Malpartida de Corneja (since 2012)
•  Spain : Valle del Jerte (since 2014)
•  Portugal : Montemor-o-Novo

Fundão train station (ca.1910)

traffic

railroad

The city is connected to the national rail network of the Comboios de Portugal . It is a stop on the Linha da Beira Baixa , which leads from Entroncamento to Guarda .

Local bus in Fundão

bus

The city is integrated into the national bus network of Rede Expressos , and regional bus routes also ensure local public transport. In the village itself, two urban minibuses have been driving a circular route since 2009.

Highway

The city is by the A23 motorway with the towns Guarda and Torres Novas connected.

sons and daughters of the town

Jorge da Costa

• Jorge da Costa (1406–1508), clergyman from Alpedrinha, Archbishop of Braga and Lisbon
• Martinho da Costa (1434–1521), clergyman from Alpedrinha, Archbishop of Lisbon, brother of Jorge da Costa
• Fernando Luís Mouzinho de Albuquerque (1817–1890), military, journalist, author, member of parliament and entrepreneur
• João Franco Ferreira Pinto Castelo Branco (1855–1929), politician from Alcaide, Prime Minister of Portugal from 1906 to 1908
• João Carlos da Silva Nogueira (1872–1954), Admiral from Vale de Prazeres, Governor of the Azores
• João Alexandre Lopes Galvão (1874–1951), military from Orca, railway engineer, particularly in the colonies of Angola and Mozambique
• João de Oliveira Matos Ferreira (1879–1962), auxiliary bishop in Guarda
• José Saraiva (1881–1946), school director and government advisor , father of José Hermano Saraiva
• Joaquim Guerra (1908–1993), Jesuit from Lavacolhos, eminent sinologist and translator
• Raúl Chorão Ramalho (1914–2001), architect
• Eugénio de Andrade (1923–2005), poet from Póvoa de Atalaia
• Celeste Rodrigues (1923–2018), fado singer, sister of Amália Rodrigues
• Albano Dias Martins (* 1930), poet, translator and university professor
• Arlindo de Carvalho (born 1930), musician
• Daniel Proença de Carvalho (* 1941), lawyer and former minister
• Lia Gama (* 1944), actress from Barroca
• José Manuel Barata Feyo (* 1947), TV and print journalist from Soalheira
• Alexandra (* 1950 as Maria José Canhoto in Soalheira), singer
• Joaquim Rolão Preto (* 1959), football coach from Soalheira
• Bevinda (* 1961), French-Portuguese singer
• Bruno Pais (* 1981), triathlete, Olympic participant 2008

Web links

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

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. ^ History page of the city's website (port.), Accessed on June 29, 2013
5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on June 29, 2013
6. ↑ ditto
7. ↑ ditto
8. ↑ www.filmfestivalworld.com ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2013 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. , accessed June 29, 2013 
9. ↑ www.abola.pt ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 29, 2013 
10. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
11. ↑ List of the Fundão partnerships at the Association of Portuguese District Governments (ANMP), accessed on January 5, 2019
12. ↑ Article in the local newspaper Jornal do Fundão from February 16, 2009 ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2012 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. , accessed June 29, 2013