Joane

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Joane
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Joane (Portugal)
Joane
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Cávado
District : Braga
Concelho : Vila Nova de Famalicao
Coordinates : 41 ° 26 ′  N , 8 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 26 ′  N , 8 ° 25 ′  W
Residents: 8089 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 7.32 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 1105 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4770-202
politics
Mayor : Antonio José Oliveira
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Joane
Rua Dr. Bernardino Machado, n.º 176
4770-202 Joane
Website: www.jf-joane.pt

Joane is a freguesia (German:  municipality ) and Vila (German:  small town ) in northern Portugal .

history

Joane was first officially mentioned in 1065 . The place name goes back a long way to a country estate from Roman times, the local villa rustica of the landowner Joannem.

On July 3, 1986 , Joane was elevated to a small town (Vila).

administration

Joane belongs to the district ( concelho ) of Vila Nova de Famalicão in the Braga district , has an area of ​​7.3 km² and has 8089 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Town twinning

  • FranceFrance Léognan , France (since 1997)
  • BrazilBrazil Paulista , Brazil (cooperation agreement since 2000)

Sports

The football club Grupo Desportivo de Joane , founded in 1930, plays its home games in the Estádio de Barreiros, which has a capacity of 3,500 . The club plays in the 2013/14 season in the Série B group of the third division of Portugal, the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores .

Sons and daughters of the church

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. ↑ History page of the municipal administration website, accessed on December 10, 2013
  4. ↑ Community website , accessed December 10, 2013