Lixa do Alvão
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| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Alto Tâmega | |||||
| District : | Vila Real | |||||
| Concelho : | Vila Pouca de Aguiar | |||||
| Freguesia : | Alvão | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 30 ′ N , 7 ° 42 ′ W | |||||
| Postal code : | 5450-266 | |||||
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| Mayor : | António Joaquim Alexandre Guedes | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Lixa do Alvão Estrada Nacional 206, nº35 5450-266 Lixa do Alvão |
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Lixa do Alvão is a place and a former municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Vila Pouca de Aguiar . It has 424 residents (as of June 30, 2011).
history
A number of mamaas and dolmens are evidence of prehistoric settlement, in particular the Mamoa do Alto do Catorino .
The place has always remained a small settlement of small farmers in its history.
The independent municipality of Lixa do Alvão was only created in 2003 by outsourcing it from the municipality of Soutelo de Aguiar .
As part of the municipal reform in 2013 , it was merged with the municipalities Afonsim , Gouvães da Serra and Santa Marta da Montanha to form the new municipality Alvão .
administration
Lixa do Alvão was the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ). The following localities are in the former municipality:
- Carrazedo do Alvão
- Colonos
- Lixa do Alvão
- Paredes do Alvão
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Diário da República, 1st series - N.º 19 - 28 de janeiro de 2013 . (PDF; 2.3 MB) Diário da República eletrónico, accessed on December 12, 2019 (Portuguese).