Loriga

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Loriga
coat of arms map
Loriga coat of arms
Loriga (Portugal)
Loriga
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District : Guarda
Concelho : Seia
Coordinates : 40 ° 20 ′  N , 7 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 20 ′  N , 7 ° 41 ′  W
Residents: 1053 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 36.25 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 29 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor : José Manuel Almeida Pinto
Website: www.jf-loriga.com

Loriga [ lu'ɾigɐ ] is a municipality ( Freguesia ) and a small town of the same name ( Vila ) in Portugal . Due to its topographical location - the small town, surrounded by high mountains, belongs to the highest villages in Portugal - Loriga is sometimes referred to as "Portuguese Switzerland". Loriga is known for both winter sports and its river lido.

View over Loriga

geography

The municipality is located in a valley in the Serra da Estrela mountain range , about 20 kilometers from the town of Seia , 80 kilometers from Guarda and 300 kilometers northeast of Lisbon .

history

The listed Roman bridge of Loriga

The region was settled by the Lusitans over 2000 years ago and was part of the Roman province of Lusitania for a long time . The current town was probably repopulated as part of the settlement policy after the medieval Reconquista . Loriga first received city rights in 1136, which have been repeatedly confirmed and renewed, most recently in 1514 by King D. Manuel I .

Loriga suffered severe damage in the earthquake in 1755 , and the development of the textile industry, which was slowly gaining in importance, was initially set back. The place remained an independent circle until the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the Miguelistenkrieg that followed in 1834 . The place stood on the side of the defeated absolutist King D. Miguel .

Population development in the municipality of Loriga (1864–2011)

In 1855 the Loriga district was dissolved and Seia was incorporated. In the second half of the 19th century, new companies in the textile industry emerged here and ensured relative prosperity. At the end of the 20th century, the textile industry in Loriga then largely came to a halt.

administration

Loriga is a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Seia , in the Guarda district . It has 1053 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) on an area of ​​36.3 km².

The Vodafone Ski Resort

There are two villages in the municipality:

  • Loriga
  • Fontão

economy

A textile industry developed in the city in the 18th century, but it is hardly of any importance today. With the only ski slopes in Portugal and the special location, winter tourism has become the municipality's most important economic factor. The Vodafone Group is the provider of the Vodafone Ski Resort ski center , which was created in Loriga . Promoted by tourism, several commercial establishments and restaurants also settled in the city. Due to the well-known river bathing beach and the surrounding hiking trails, summer tourism is also important, especially in facilities of the rural tourism .

Celebrations and folk festivals

Access to Loriga
  • Nossa Senhora da Guia (first Sunday in August)
  • Nossa Senhora da Ajuda, Fontão (second Sunday in August)
  • São Sebastião (last Sunday in July)

traffic

The national road N231 leads to the district town of Seia, about 20 km north.

Loriga is integrated into the national long-distance bus network of Rede Expressos .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Loriga  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

gallery

  • Typical old granite house in Loriga

  • The place of the stake in the historic center of Loriga

  • Monument to the doctor Joaquim Augusto Amorim da Fonseca

  • Fountain system, donated in 1905 by immigrants from Manaus, Brazil, who came from Loriga

  • Confluence of two streams at Loriga

  • The altar of the main church of Loriga

  • Rear of the main church built of granite

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. ↑ Information on the Loriga community on the Seia district administration website, accessed on March 8, 2015
  4. ^ Entry of the parish church of Loriga in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on March 8, 2015
  5. ↑ Video recording of a TV report about the Loriga river swimming pool on YouTube , accessed on March 8, 2015