Gavião (Alentejo)

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Gavião
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Gavião
Gavião (Portugal)
Gavião
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Alto Alentejo
District : Portalegre
Concelho : Gavião
Coordinates : 39 ° 28 ′  N , 7 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 28 ′  N , 7 ° 56 ′  W
Residents: 1626 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 58.46 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 28 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor : José Fernando da Silva Pio
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Gavião
Largo Município
6040-102 Gavião
Gavião district
flag map
Flag of Gavião Position of the Gavião district
Residents: 4132 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 294.59 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 14 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 4th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Gavião
Largo do Município
6040-102 Gavião
President of the Câmara Municipal: Jorge Martins ( PS )
Website: www.cm-gaviao.pt

Gavião [ ɡɐviˈɐ̃u ] is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 4132 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

The Romans settled here, motivated by the fertile soil. Today's place was created during the Reconquista and the associated resettlement policy in the 12th and 13th centuries. A castle was built here, and King Sancho I gave the area to the Hospitaller Order . King Manuel I granted the place city ​​rights in 1519 . The independent district since then was dissolved in 1895 and Nisa was incorporated in order to be the seat of its own district again since 1898 .

Belver Castle

Culture and sights

The Museu do Sabão museum shows the history of soap and the tradition of soap production in the district. In the village of Domingos da Vinha, in the municipality of Belver, the Museu de Domingos da Vinha local history museum is dedicated to the local traditions of country life.

Medieval markets are held in the Castelo de Belver , built in 1194 and rebuilt in 1390 . Below the castle is the river swimming pool ( Portuguese : Praia fluvial ) of the Quinta do Alamal . You can also swim at the Barragem de Belver reservoir . The dam, built in 1952, also offers fishing and a wide variety of water sports, including windsurfing and sailing.

The architectural monuments of Gavião include a number of sacred buildings , two stone fountains, a block of social housing, and various historical residential and public buildings, including the cinema building. The historic town center is also a listed building as a whole.

administration

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Gavião is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Mação , Nisa , Crato , Ponte de Sor and Abrantes .

With the territorial reform of September 29, 2013 , the municipalities ( Freguesias ) Gavião and Atalaia were combined to form the new municipality União das Freguesias de Gavião e Atalaia . Since then, the district has consisted of the following four municipalities:

Gavião district
local community Population
(2011)
Area
km²
Density of
population / km²
LAU
code
Belver 684 69.84 10 120902
Comenda 890 90.02 10 120903
Gavião e Atalaia 1,747 77.88 22nd 120906
Margin 811 56.85 14th 120905
Gavião district 4.132 294.59 14th 1209

Population development

Population in the district of Gavião (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2011
1462 3793 6462 9168 10,049 6850 5920 4887 4453 4132

Municipal holiday

  • November 23

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Gavião, Portalegre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 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. a b 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 on the district's website , accessed on July 24, 2013
  5. www.verportugal.net , accessed July 24, 2013
  6. The Soap Museum on the district's website , accessed on July 24, 2013
  7. The Village Museum on the district Web site , accessed on July 24, 2013
  8. The Medieval Market on the district's website , accessed on June 30, 2017
  9. www.verportugal.pt , accessed July 24, 2013
  10. ditto
  11. www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 24, 2013
  12. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014