Guifoes
| Guifoes | ||||||
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Porto metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | postage | |||||
| Concelho : | Matosinhos | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 12 ′ N , 8 ° 40 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 9467 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 3.69 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 2566 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 4460-033 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Carmim Alves do Cabo | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Guifões Largo Padre Joaquim P Santos 4460-033 Guifões |
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Guifões is a small town east of the city of Matosinhos , in northern Portugal . It was the seat of a community of the same name ( Freguesia ) in Matosinhos County.
history
Finds prove a prehistoric settlement, in particular the excavations of the Castro do Monte Castelo de Guifões , a fortified settlement of the Castro culture . A bridge from Roman times has been preserved.
The current town was probably created during the Reconquista . For the first time as a separate municipality Guifões was listed in the royal surveys of 1258.
On June 12, 2009 she was elevated to a small town ( Vila ).
On September 29, 2013, the municipality of Guifões was merged with the municipalities of Custóias and Leça do Balio to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Custóias, Leça do Balio e Guifões as part of the administrative reorganization . The headquarters of the new community became Custóias.
Buildings
- Castro do Monte Castelo de Guifoes
- Ponte de Guifoes , Roman bridge
economy
The EMEF , the maintenance company of the Portuguese railway company CP , maintains important facilities here.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Guifões at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ Entry of the parish church of Guifões in the SIPA architectural heritage list (under Cronologia ), accessed on May 31, 2014
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on May 31, 2014
