Guarda (Portugal)

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Guarda
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Guarda coat of arms
Guarda (Portugal)
Guarda
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District : Guarda
Concelho : Guarda
Coordinates : 40 ° 32 ′  N , 7 ° 16 ′  W 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
flag map
Flag of Guarda Position of the Guarda district
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
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

  • Guarda Cathedral ( Sé )

  • View of Guarda at dusk

  • The Igreja da Misericórdia church in the city center

  • Former bishopric and seminary (today city museum)

  • Gate of the city walls in Guarda

  • Regional train in Guarda station

  • Alley in the historic town center

  • Largo Luís de Camões square , with the historic town hall (right)

  • Alley in the historic town center

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:

Guarda district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
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)
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

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

Web links

Commons : Guarda  - 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. ↑ http://www.igeo.pt/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_p107_image.html
  4. ^ Hans-Peter Burmeister: Portugal. 3rd edition, DuMont art travel guide, Ostfildern 2008, page 294
  5. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed December 29, 2012
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  7. ↑ 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  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mun-guarda.pt
  8. ^ Lydia Hohenberger, Jürgen Strohmaier: Portugal. 2nd edition, DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2009, page 220, ISBN 978-3-7701-7658-8
  9. ↑ 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tmg.com.pt
  10. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  11. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed December 29, 2012
  12. ↑ 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  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / transportes.mun-guarda.pt