Góis
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Region of Coimbra | |||||
District : | Coimbra | |||||
Concelho : | Góis | |||||
Coordinates : | 40 ° 9 ′ N , 8 ° 7 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 2171 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 72.87 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 30 inhabitants per km² | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Alberto Jorge Alves dos Reis | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Góis Rua 5 de Outubro, n.º2 3330-341 Góis |
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Website: | www.freguesiadegois.pt | |||||
District of Góis | ||||||
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Residents: | 4260 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 263.3 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 16 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Number of municipalities : | 4th | |||||
administration | ||||||
Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Góis Praça da República 3330-310 Góis |
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President of the Câmara Municipal: | Dr Maria de Lurdes Oliveira Castanheira ( PS ) | |||||
Website: | www.cm-gois.pt |
Góis is a vila (small town) in Portugal . It is the seat of the eponymous district ( concelho ) and the eponymous municipality ( Freguesia ), in the district of Coimbra .
geography
The place is about 45 km east of the district capital Coimbra , on the edge of the Serra da Lousã , a foothill of the Iberian Scheidegebirge .
history
After the place was officially mentioned for the first time in 1113, it received city rights ( Foral ) for the first time in 1352 , which were renewed and expanded in 1516 by King Manuel I. In 1810 Góis suffered looting by French troops from the Napoleonic invasions .
In 1912 the Monte Redondo hydropower plant was built on the Rio Ceira to supply electricity for a paper mill. Góis became the first district in the Coimbra district with a nationwide electricity supply. With the start of the armament efforts at the end of the 1930s, in the run-up to the Second World War , the tungsten mined here gave the town a further boost. After the end of the war, however, tungsten production came to a standstill. In 1950 the paper mill supplied the entire Góis district with its hydroelectric power station.
After the Carnation Revolution in 1974 and the further increase in energy consumption, EDP took over the local power grid from the paper mill, which ceased operations in 1992 and also gave up its power generation concession from Monte Redondo , which ran until 2002, to a private operator.
Culture and sights
In Góis there are 32 listed buildings, including a number of fountains, mansions , former public buildings, and various churches, such as the Igreja Paroquial de Góis (parish church). Originally built in the 15th century, the church, officially called Igreja de Santa Maria Maior (English: Church of St. Mary the Greater), was rebuilt several times, and today it bears u. a. Gothic and Manueline elements. In addition, the Renaissance bridge from the 15th century, which is often called “Romanesque” or “Roman” , is also a listed building, as is the historical center of Góis as a whole.
In the municipality there are a number of old villages in traditional slate construction, including four of the 27 historical slate villages of the Aldeias do Xisto , namely Aigra Nova , Aigra Velha , Comareira , and Pena . Various themed hiking trails lead along them through the wooded, often almost untouched nature.
administration
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Góis is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Arganil , Pampilhosa da Serra , Pedrógão Grande , Castanheira de Pêra , Lousã and Vila Nova de Poiares .
With the territorial reform in September 2013, the municipalities ( Freguesias ) Cadafaz and Colmeal were combined to form the new municipality União das Freguesias de Cadafaz e Colmeal . Since then, the district has consisted of the following four municipalities:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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Alvares | 812 | 100.57 | 8th | 060601 |
Cadafaz e Colmeal | 348 | 70.16 | 5 | 060606 |
Góis | 2,171 | 72.87 | 30th | 060604 |
Vila Nova do Ceira | 929 | 19.70 | 47 | 060605 |
District of Góis | 4,260 | 263.30 | 16 | 0606 |
Population development
Population in the Góis district (1801–2011) | |||||||||||||||||||
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1801 | 1849 | 1864 | 1878 | 1890 | 1900 | 1911 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | |||
4,894 | 6.332 | 10,285 | 10.100 | 10,797 | 11,493 | 12,466 | 12,335 | 12,230 | 12,488 | 11,103 | 9744 | 6955 | 6434 | 5372 | 4861 | 4260 |
Town twinning
Góis maintains the following city partnership :
- Spain : Oroso , Galicia
- Brazil : São Paulo (in preparation since 2000)
- Germany : Ravensburg (in preparation since 2000)
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Góis at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website
- Pictures from Góis on flickr.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on November 24, 2012
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on November 24, 2012
- ↑ ditto
- ↑ ditto
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ List of Gói's partnerships with the Association of Portuguese District Governments (ANMP), accessed on January 5, 2019