Maia (Portugal)

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Maia
coat of arms map
Maia coat of arms
Maia (Portugal)
Maia
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Porto metropolitan area
District : postage
Concelho : Maia
Coordinates : 41 ° 14 ′  N , 8 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 14 ′  N , 8 ° 37 ′  W
Residents: 12,225 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 3.43 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 3564 inhabitants per km²
Height: 88  m
Postal code : 4470
politics
Mayor : Carlos Santos Teixeira
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia da Maia
Rua da Igreja
4470-184 Maia
Website: jf-maia.pt
Maia County
flag map
Flag of Maia Location of Maia County
Residents: 135,306 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 82.99 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 1630 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 10
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Maia
Praça do Município
4470-202 Maia
President of the Câmara Municipal: António Gonçalves Bragança Fernandes ( PSD )
Website: www.cm-maia.pt

Maia is a city in northern Portugal . With the municipality of the same name and the districts of Gueifães and Vermoim, the city ​​has around 40,000 inhabitants (as of 2015) . There is an Arp Schnitger organ in the cathedral of Maia .

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement, especially in the Paleolithic and Iron Age . Thanks to the fertile soil and its water resources, the Romans also settled here.

The present place was created during the Reconquista . As Terra da Maia was the area in the 13th century, a separate administrative district, located between Porto and left Ave -Ufer. In 1304 it became part of the Porto district, and in 1360 King D. Pedro subordinated it to his son, Prince D. Dinis .

In 1519 King D. Manuel I. granted Maia the first city rights and made it again the seat of a district. Between 1700 and 1836, 44 parishes belonged to the district, which thus included the coastal area between the rivers Leça and Ave. In 1809 the French army marched towards Porto through Maia in connection with the Napoleonic invasions .

In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the Maia district was dissolved after it had frequently been the scene of civil war battles between liberal and absolutist troops in the Miguelistenkrieg from 1832 to 1834 . As part of the administrative reforms of the Mouzinho da Silveira , the district was then restored in 1836, but with a significantly smaller area. After it was dissolved again in 1857, the district has been independent since 1868. In 1902 Maia was elevated to a small town ( Vila ). After the Portuguese Republic was proclaimed in 1910, the philosopher Leonardo Coimbra temporarily ruled the place. On August 23, 1986, Maia was elevated to a city ( Cidade ).

administration

Maia County

Maia is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Porto district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 135,306 inhabitants on an area of ​​83 km².

The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Trofa , Santo Tirso , Valongo , Gondomar , Porto , Matosinhos and Vila do Conde .

The Torre do Lidador office building , which houses the city council

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 17 to ten.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in Maia County:

Maia County
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Águas Santas 27,470 8.23 3,339 130601
Castelo da Maia 18,395 19.91 924 130618
Cidade da Maia 40.134 10.42 3,853 130619
Folgosa 3,704 10.11 366 130603
Milheirós 4,861 3.60 1,349 130608
Moreira 12,890 8.67 1,486 130609
Nogueira e Silva Escura 7,980 8.83 904 130620
Pedrouços 12,149 2.57 4,722 130617
Sao Pedro Fins 1,837 4.71 390 130613
Vila Nova da Telha 5,886 5.94 990 130616
Maia County 135.306 82.99 1,630 1306

Population development

Population in Maia County (1801–2011)
1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
16,539 20,367 29,536 53,643 81,679 93.151 120.111 135,049

Municipal holiday

  • Monday after the second Sunday in July

International Relations

Maia has signed partnership agreements with three cities and has concluded or agreed cooperation agreements with other cities and local authorities in Africa and Asia.

Town twinning

Further cooperation

  • SpainSpain Castile and León , Spain, cooperation since 1998
  • Cape VerdeCape Verde São Nicolau , Cape Verde, cooperation since 1998
  • MozambiqueMozambique Nampula , Mozambique, cooperation since 2001
  • Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe Água Grande , São Tomé and Príncipe, cooperation since 2008
  • Cape VerdeCape Verde Sal , Cape Verde, cooperation since 2015
  • China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Jiangmen , People's Republic of China, 2015 appointment
  • South AfricaSouth Africa Mbombela , Republic of South Africa, appointment from 2015

Sports

The football club FC Maia , founded in 1954, played in the second Portuguese league between 2004 and 2006 and, after the following relegations, is now in the divisions of the district association of Porto. It plays its home games at the 1,930 originally built and today 15,000 seater stadium Prof. Vieira de Carvalho from.

Other football clubs in the district are the Sport Club Castêlo da Maia , founded in 1938 , the Associação Recreativa Desportiva Cultural Gondim-Maia from 1976, and the Futebol Clube Maia Lidador , which has existed since 2009, all of which also play in divisions at the district level.

On October 26, 2013, the Portuguese national football team played a qualifying game for the 2015 Women's World Cup against the Dutch team, which they lost 7-0.

The volleyball club of the same name comes from the municipality of Castelo de Maia and has won the championship and the national cup several times, especially the women's team.

The III MAIA FIG ACRO WORLD CUP and the VIII MAIA INTERNATIONAL ACRO CUP 2014 , an international tournament for acrobatics , took place here from March 5 to 9, 2014 . 17 countries took part in 2014.

The city of Maia has been organizing the international Carvalho Memorial chess tournament since 2003 ; the first winner in 2003 was the Armenian chess grandmaster Karen Movsesjan .

Until 2008, the cycling team União Ciclista da Maia (also Maia Milaneza , from 2008 LA-MSS ) was at home here. With the Tour of Portugal , the most important cycling race in Portugal has crossed the Maia district several times.

economy

Maia belongs to the economically well-developed Greater Porto area. The Torre Lidador office building is one of the tallest buildings in Portugal. One of the companies based here is the Sonae Group, which also includes the telecommunications and media company Sonaecom and the wood-based materials company Sonae Indústria , which are also headquartered in Maia. The Sonae Group is considered to be the largest taxpayer in Portugal.

German companies are also represented in Maia, including Häfele , a manufacturer of fittings and locking systems.

traffic

Tram of the Porto Metro in Maia

Long-distance transport

Various railway lines cross the district, in particular the Linha de Guimarães with Maia station, the Linha do Minho with a stop in Águas Santas, and the Linha de Leixões with a stop in Pedrouços.

Maia is connected to the country's trunk road network via the A3 and A41 motorways .

The district operates Maia Airport in the municipality of Folgosa, which is used for sport and private aircraft. The Porto International Airport is also located in the Maia district, in the Pedras Rubras village , which is part of the Moreira district and z. T. belongs to Vila Nova de Telha.

Local transport

Maia is integrated into Porto's light rail system , the Metro do Porto . A large number of bus routes also operate in the district, particularly the STCP . Local trains of CP Regional , such as the train types Regionais , Urbanos and Suburbanos , also run over the railway lines .

Death of Gonçalo Mendes da Maia, 19th century lithograph
Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (2010)

sons and daughters of the town

See also

Web links

Commons : Maia (Porto)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ http://www.cm-maia.pt
  4. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  5. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on January 22, 2014
  6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  7. ^ Website Maia - Relações Internacionais e Cooperação Económica, Protocolos (Portuguese), accessed on May 4, 2018
  8. ^ Website for the event on the city administration's website, accessed on March 8, 2014