Gouveia

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Gouveia
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Gouveia
Gouveia (Portugal)
Gouveia
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District : Guarda
Concelho : Gouveia
Coordinates : 40 ° 30 ′  N , 7 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 30 ′  N , 7 ° 36 ′  W
Residents: 14,046 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 300.6 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 47 inhabitants per km²
Gouveia county
flag map
Flag of Gouveia Location of the Gouveia district
Residents: 14,046 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 300.6 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 47 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 16
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Gouveia
Av. 25 de April
6290-554 Gouveia
President of the Câmara Municipal: Álvaro dos Santos Amaro ( PSD )
Website: www.cm-gouveia.pt
View of Gouveia

Gouveia is a city in the Portuguese region of Centro with 14,046 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Presumably founded by Celtiberian Turdulians in the 6th century BC, it was inhabited by Romans and Lusitanians from the 1st century AD at the time of Roman occupation . In 1186 the place received city rights ( Foral ) for the first time , by King Sancho I , which King Manuel I renewed in 1510.

Gouveia was a vila (small town) before it was elevated to a city ( cidade ) in 1988 .

Culture, sports and sights

The Anta da Pedra da Orca (also called Anta do Rio Torto) is an Anta and is located about 6.0 km west of Gouveia.

The Abel Manta Municipal Art and Culture Museum is housed in a 17th-century mansion and features works by Abel Manta as well as a collection of Portuguese artists, including Paula Rego , Júlio Resende , Maria Helena Vieira da Silva , and Júlia Pomar . There are several other museums in the city, including the Museu da Miniatura Automóvel , the only model car museum in the country, which opened in 1997 , and the Espaço Arte e Memória (German: Space of Art and Memory). Other cultural institutions include the municipal library Biblioteca Municipal Vergílio Ferreira , named after the writer Vergílio Ferreira , who was born in the local community of Melo , and the listed Teatro Cine de Gouveia cinema .

The monastery building Convento de São Francisco

In the city, with its traffic-calmed, listed town center, there are a large number of other buildings under monument protection, including a number of churches, fountains, mansions and public buildings. The Mannerist monastery building Convento de São Francisco from the 17th century should be mentioned.

Gouveia is a center of Portuguese winter sports due to its proximity to the Serra da Estrela . Hiking and nature vacations are also offered here, outside the city especially in Turismo rural . A number of thematic hiking trails lead through the surrounding area, for example the 18 km long archaeological hiking trail PR 3.

An all-Iiberian rally for Land Rover fans has taken place here several times .

administration

Gouveia county

Gouveia is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Guarda district . The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Fornos de Algodres , Celorico da Beira , Guarda , Manteigas , Seia and Mangualde .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 17 to 16.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Gouveia district:

Gouveia county
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Aldeias e Mangualde da Serra 492 37.55 13 090623
Arcozelo 717 24.02 30th 090602
Cativelos 724 14.11 51 090603
Figueiró da Serra e Freixo da Serra 362 12.73 28 090624
Folgosinho 499 51.69 10 090605
Gouveia (São Pedro e São Julião) 3,472 35.46 98 090625
Melo e Nabais 903 14.45 63 090626
Moimenta da Serra e Vinhó 1,230 14.32 86 090627
Nespereira 758 5.38 141 090612
Paços da Serra 601 10.40 58 090613
Ribamondego 317 7.55 42 090614
Rio Torto e Lagarinhos 906 19.35 47 090628
Sao Paio 828 15.57 53 090617
Vila Cortes da Serra 267 11.06 24 090619
Vila Franca da Serra 262 11.01 24 090620
Vila Nova de Tazem 1,708 15.95 107 090621
Gouveia county 14,046 300.60 47 0906

Population development

Population in Gouveia County (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
7051 14,162 24,641 23,724 25.210 19,045 17,410 16,122 14,046

Municipal holiday

  • Monday after the second Sunday of August

Town twinning

Abel Manta with his wife Clementina, 1973
Antonio Mendes Bello

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Gouveia, Portugal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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.monumentos.pt , accessed on November 12, 2012
  4. ↑ ditto
  5. ↑ www.folgosinho.com , accessed on November 12, 2012
  6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  7. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on January 2, 2013