Macinhata do Vouga

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Macinhata do Vouga
coat of arms map
Macinhata do Vouga coat of arms
Macinhata do Vouga (Portugal)
Macinhata do Vouga
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Aveiro Region
District : Aveiro
Concelho : Águeda
Coordinates : 40 ° 39 ′  N , 8 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 39 ′  N , 8 ° 27 ′  W
Residents: 3406 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 31.95 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 107 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 3750-593
politics
Mayor : Armando Paulo de Almeida Galhano
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Macinhata do Vouga
Rua Manuel Marques, 6
3750-593 Macinhata do Vouga
Website: www.macinhatadovouga.pt

Macinhata do Vouga is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Águeda .

The Serém stake ( Pelourinho de Serém ) from the early 16th century.

Culture and sights

With the Museu Ferroviário de Macinhata do Vouga , which opened in 1981, a branch of the Museu Nacional Ferroviário can be visited here. Historical locomotives, wagons and other things can be seen.

The architectural monuments of the community include historical public and private buildings, fountains, and various sacred buildings , including the single-nave baroque parish church Igreja Paroquial de Macinhata do Vouga , built in the 17th century, and after its patron saint also Igreja de São Cristóvão (Eng .: Christophorus - Church).

administration

The community

Macinhata do Vouga is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Águeda. 3406 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) live in the municipality on an area of ​​32 km².

The following localities are in the municipality:

  • Alombada
  • Arrôta da Moita
  • Beco
  • Carvalhal
  • Carvalhal da Portela (partly)
  • Carvoeiro
  • Cavada Nova
  • Cavadas de Cima
  • Chãs
  • Cova
  • Jafafe de Baixo
  • Jafafe de Cima
  • Lameiro
  • Macida
  • Macinhata do Vouga
  • Mata do Carvoeiro
  • Mesa do Vouga
  • Moita
  • Pontilhão
  • Póvoa
  • Serém de Baixo
  • Serém de Cima
  • Sernada
  • Soutelo

Population development

Population in the municipality of Macinhata do Vouga (1960–2011)
1960 1970 1976 1979 1981 1991 2001 2011
3,377 3 048 3 431 3 647 3 412 3,548 3 581 3 409

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. ^ Page on the Núcleo Museológico de Macinhata do Vouga on the website of the Museu Nacional Ferroviário, accessed on November 1, 2013
  4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on November 1, 2013