Grijó (Macedo de Cavaleiros)

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Grijó
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Grijó (Portugal)
Grijó
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Terras de Trás-os-Montes
District : Bragança
Concelho : Macedo de Cavaleiros
Coordinates : 41 ° 30 ′  N , 6 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′  N , 6 ° 58 ′  W
Residents: 371 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 8.91 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 42 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 5340-142
politics
Mayor : Simão Augusto Ventura Ferreirinha ( PSD)
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Grijó
Rua Principal, 39
5340-142 Grijó

Grijó (until 2003 Grijó de Vale Benfeito ) is a town and municipality in northern Portugal .

history

The listed parish church was built in 1680. Grijó was a parish in the Cortiços district . Since its dissolution in 1853, Grijó has belonged to the Macedo de Cavaleiros district.

In 1905 the Grijó station was opened, giving Grijó a connection to the Linha do Tua line and thus to the Portuguese rail network .

administration

Grijó is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Macedo de Cavaleiros in the Bragança district . 371 inhabitants live in it on an area of ​​9 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities or districts are located in the municipality:

  • Grijó
  • Grijó Gar
  • Grijó Mina

Personalities

Web links

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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ^ Entry of the parish church of Grijó in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on November 30, 2019
  4. ↑ Entry of the train station in Grijó in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on November 30, 2019