Gémeos (Celorico de Basto)

Gémeos
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Tâmega e Sousa
District :	Braga
Concelho :	Celorico de Basto
Freguesia :	União das Freguesias de Britelo, Gémeos e Ourilhe
Coordinates :	41 ° 24 ′  N , 8 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 24 ′  N , 8 ° 1 ′  W
Postal code :	4890-293

Gémeos is a place and a former municipality in northern Portugal .

history

The current place was probably created during the new settlements in connection with the medieval Reconquista .

It was not until 2011 that the district's water supply and sewer system were connected , until then the traditional drinking water wells and cesspools had been used in Gémeos .

In the course of the territorial reform in Portugal in 2013 , the independent municipality of Gémeos was dissolved and incorporated into the new overall municipality of Britelo, Gémeos e Ourilhe .

administration

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

Gémeos was the seat of a parish of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Celorico de Basto in the Braga district . The community had 645 inhabitants and an area of ​​4.02 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following places and places belonged to the municipality:

Adoufe Além Além do Rio Alminhas Areeiro Boavista Boques Bouça Cancelo Casas Novas Corujeira

Eira Fontainha Fontão Igreja Laje lama Lugar Novo Loureiro Moinho do Outeiro Moinhos da Serra

Monte Outeiro Pinguela Pouso Quintas Quintela Refontoura Ribeiro da Costinha Roço Montedo

Seixo Sobreiro São Silvestre Tapada Tribudo Val-de-Maria Veiga de Adoufe Valado Vilar Vinha

With the administrative reorganization on September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Ourilhe , Britelo and Gémeos were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Britelo, Gémeos e Ourilhe . Britelo became the seat of the municipality

Web links

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

• Entry on Gémeos in the Mapas de Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Inauguração Saneamento Básico em Gémeos - Celorico de Basto - "Opening of the sanitation in Gémeos, Celorico de Basto" , contribution of the regional broadcaster Porto Canal from March 14, 2011, recording on YouTube , accessed on March 14, 2020
2. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
3. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014