Guarda (Portugal)
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Beiras e Serra da Estrela | |||||
District : | Guarda | |||||
Concelho : | Guarda | |||||
Coordinates : | 40 ° 32 ′ N , 7 ° 16 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 42,541 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 712.08 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 60 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Height: | 1056 m | |||||
Guarda district | ||||||
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Residents: | 42,541 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 712.08 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 60 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Number of municipalities : | 43 | |||||
administration | ||||||
Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Guarda Praça do Município 6301-854 Guarda |
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President of the Câmara Municipal: | Joaquim Carlos Dias Valente ( PS ) | |||||
Website: | www.mun-guarda.pt |
Guarda ( Portuguese for: guard) is a city ( cidade ) in Portugal . Guarda is located on an eastern branch of the Serra da Estrela about 337 km northeast of Lisbon and is the highest city (1056 m above sea level) in Portugal. It is the eponymous capital of the Guarda district . Guarda is part of the Rede de Judiarias , the association of places with a historically significant Jewish community.
history
The Celtiberian Lusitanians lived here and resisted the Roman invaders for a long time, until 139 BC. The Lustian leader Viriatus was killed by a ruse by the Romans and the resistance collapsed. After the collapse of Rome, Guarda was part of the Visigoth Empire , in which it became a bishopric from the 6th century . After the Moors invaded in the 8th century, Guarda came under Arab rule and was left to decay. In the course of the Reconquista, the high altitude Guarda gained strategic importance for the first time. It received its first town charter in 1199 and has been with simultaneous resolution of the Diocese of Idanha-a-Velha important bishopric . For the last time Guarda played an important role in the history of Portugal as a weighty defensive post against the attempts to capture the kingdom of Castile and the subsequent revolution of 1383 , which ensured Portugal's independence in the Battle of Aljubarrota .
Culture, sports and sights
The most important sights include the Guarda Cathedral , built in 1374 and redesigned and expanded by Jean de Rouen from 1550 , the city walls and the castle, the historic town center and numerous architectural monuments. In Guarda, from the times of its important Jewish community, there is also an old Sephardic synagogue in the old Jewish quarter that has long been used for other purposes .
The Museu de Tecelagem dos Meios is dedicated to the history of regional artisanal textile production, and in the former bishop's palace, the Museu da Guarda, the regional and city museum, is open to visitors . a. with archaeological exhibits. The municipal library is the Biblioteca Municipal Eduardo Lourenço , and the municipal theater Teatro Municipal da Guarda is not only a playhouse but also a concert hall for fado , world music , jazz, classical and cabaret.
administration
Guarda district
Guarda is the seat of a district and district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Pinhel , Almeida , Sabugal , Belmonte , Covilhã , Manteigas , Gouveia and Celorico da Beira .
With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 56 to 44.
The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Guarda district:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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Adão | 284 | 28.32 | 10 | 090766 |
Aldeia do Bispo | 220 | 13.17 | 17th | 090703 |
Aldeia Viçosa | 341 | 7.44 | 46 | 090704 |
Alvendre | 210 | 12.94 | 16 | 090705 |
Arrifana | 661 | 15.82 | 42 | 090706 |
Avelas da Ribeira | 196 | 11.30 | 17th | 090708 |
Avelãs de Ambom e Rocamondo | 158 | 13.34 | 12 | 090761 |
Benespera | 297 | 18.06 | 16 | 090709 |
Casal de Cinza | 561 | 17.97 | 31 | 090711 |
Castanheira | 345 | 24.64 | 14th | 090712 |
Cavadoude | 324 | 6.65 | 49 | 090713 |
Codesseiro | 205 | 9.62 | 21st | 090714 |
Corujeira e Trinta | 524 | 12.47 | 42 | 090762 |
Faia | 227 | 10.00 | 23 | 090716 |
Famalicão | 615 | 16.02 | 38 | 090717 |
Fernão Joanes | 269 | 25.06 | 11 | 090718 |
Gonçalo | 1,167 | 27.10 | 43 | 090757 |
Gonçalo Bocas | 227 | 6.44 | 35 | 090721 |
Guarda | 26,565 | 37.66 | 705 | 090758 |
Jarmelo Sao Miguel | 295 | 17.06 | 17th | 090759 |
Jarmelo Sao Pedro | 311 | 31.08 | 10 | 090760 |
João Antão | 160 | 8.78 | 18th | 090722 |
Maçainhas | 1,081 | 12.20 | 89 | 090723 |
Marmeleiros | 361 | 29.63 | 12 | 090724 |
Meios | 197 | 4.83 | 41 | 090725 |
Mizarela, Pêro Soares e Vila Soeiro | 246 | 14.02 | 18th | 090763 |
Panóias de Cima | 608 | 11.39 | 53 | 090728 |
Pega | 161 | 10.63 | 15th | 090729 |
Pêra do Moço | 831 | 20.60 | 40 | 090730 |
Porto da Carne | 385 | 1.98 | 194 | 090732 |
Pousade e Albardo | 270 | 16.89 | 16 | 090764 |
Ramela | 218 | 10.16 | 21st | 090734 |
Rochoso e Monte Margarida | 300 | 23.66 | 13 | 090765 |
Santana da Azinha | 459 | 15.94 | 29 | 090738 |
Sobral da Serra | 242 | 11.20 | 22nd | 090744 |
Vale de Estrela | 394 | 13.94 | 28 | 090746 |
Valhelhas | 396 | 20.18 | 20th | 090747 |
Vela | 490 | 21.00 | 23 | 090748 |
Videmonte | 478 | 53.92 | 9 | 090749 |
Vila Cortes do Mondego | 298 | 4.38 | 68 | 090750 |
Vila Fernando | 491 | 16.27 | 30th | 090751 |
Vila Franca do Deão | 153 | 12.99 | 12 | 090752 |
Vila Garcia | 320 | 15.33 | 21st | 090753 |
Guarda district | 42,541 | 712.08 | 60 | 0907 |
Population development
Population development in the Guarda district (1801-2008) | ||||||||
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1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
17,287 | 21,771 | 38,800 | 43,283 | 48.994 | 40,360 | 38,765 | 44,084 | 42,541 |
Town twinning
- Spain : Béjar (since 1979)
- Israel : Safed (since 1982)
- United States : Waterbury (since 1984)
- Germany : Siegburg (since 1985)
- France : Wattrelos (since 1990)
traffic
railroad
Guarda station is located on the Linha da Beira Alta and the Linha da Beira Baixa and is served by Intercidades , regional trains and other lines of the Comboios de Portugal . Guarda is connected to the international rail network with the Sud-Express .
Trunk roads
Guarda is connected to the national motorway network via the A23 and A25 motorways. The A25 as European route 80 also merges with the Spanish A-62 motorway from Vilar Formoso .
Air traffic
Guarda does not have its own public airport, the closest airport is Viseu Airport .
Local public transport
The public transport company Transportes Urbanos da Guarda is operated by the city administration ( Câmara Municipal ) in cooperation with Rodoviária da Beira S.A. , a company of the Transdev Group. The Transportes Urbanos da Guarda cover the city area with six bus routes. Depending on the route, they start their journeys between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. and run until 6 p.m. or after 11 p.m.
economy
Since the 1960s, there have been a number of large industrial companies, including a Renault plant , suppliers to the automotive industry, and important textile factories. With the exception of smaller industrial companies, the large industrial companies are no longer present in Guarda. With the Plataforma Logística da Guarda there is a supraregional significant logistics center. Electricity is produced in the surrounding dams. In addition, Guarda, as a regional center, is a regionally important commercial and administrative center. Tourism has gained in importance, in particular tourism rural has increased in the rural parts of the district as a result of the Aldeias Históricas de Portugal program . Agriculture continues to be an important economic factor.
Sons and daughters
- Rui de Pina (1440–1521), chronicler ( Cronista-mor ) and diplomat
- José de Castro (1868–1929), lawyer, journalist and politician, head of government in 1915
- Carolina Beatriz Ângelo (1878–1911), doctor and women's rights activist
- Álvaro de Castro (1878–1928), military and politician, two-time head of government
- Lopo Cancela de Abreu (1913–1990), doctor and politician, Minister of Health from 1968 to 1970
- José Saraiva Martins (* 1932), Cardinal of the Curia
- Emanuel Couto (* 1973), tennis player
- João Monteiro (* 1983), table tennis player, 2014 European champion
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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
- ↑ http://www.igeo.pt/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_p107_image.html
- ^ Hans-Peter Burmeister: Portugal. 3rd edition, DuMont art travel guide, Ostfildern 2008, page 294
- ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed December 29, 2012
- ↑ ditto ( memento of the original from September 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.mun-guarda.pt ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 29, 2012
- ^ Lydia Hohenberger, Jürgen Strohmaier: Portugal. 2nd edition, DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2009, page 220, ISBN 978-3-7701-7658-8
- ↑ www.tmg.com.pt ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 30, 2012
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed December 29, 2012
- ↑ www.transportes.mun-guarda.pt ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 29, 2012