Mangualde

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Mangualde
coat of arms map
Mangualde coat of arms
Mangualde (Portugal)
Mangualde
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Dão-Lafoes
District : Viseu
Concelho : Mangualde
Coordinates : 40 ° 36 ′  N , 7 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 36 ′  N , 7 ° 46 ′  W
Residents: 9385 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 35.26 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 266 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 3530
politics
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Mangualde
Largo das Escolas, 2
3530-132 Mangualde
Website: www.juntafmangualde.org
Mangualde district
flag map
Flag of Mangualde Position of the Mangualde district
Residents: 19,880 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 219.27 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 91 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 12
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Mangualde
Largo Dr. Couto
3534-004 Mangualde
President of the Câmara Municipal: João Nuno Ferreira Gonçalves Azevedo ( PS )
Website: www.cmmangualde.pt

Mangualde is a city and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal with 9385 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The square Largo Dr. Couto

history

Dolmens and other finds prove a prehistoric settlement. Chief Viriathus operated here in his successful battle between the Lusitans and the Romans . After his murder in 139 BC BC Decimus Brutus also conquered this area for the Romans. Roman roads ran here, especially the road from Bracara Augusta ( Braga ) to Emerita Augusta ( Mérida ). The Romans also extracted minerals from mines.

After the invasion of the Visigoths in the 5th century AD, the Moors also conquered the area of ​​today's Mangualde in the 8th century. They expanded the local fortress and named the place after their governor Zurara or Azurara. In the course of the Reconquista , Ferdinand I (León) conquered the place from the Arabs in 1058 .

Azurara was granted the first town charter in 1102 by D. Teresa and her son D. Afonso Henriques , who later became the first king of the country. The town received its first city rights from the Kingdom of Portugal , which has been independent since 1140, in 1217 from King D. Afonso II , which Manuel I confirmed in the course of his administrative reforms in 1514 .

During the 17th century, Azurara saw some development after the Paes do Amaral family settled here with a palace and subsequently various public institutions, including the judiciary, market, and ecclesiastical buildings and auxiliary facilities. In the 19th century, the place, now called Mangualde, took off further, especially after it was connected to the newly built road to Guarda . The origin of today's name after the disappearance of the variants of the originally Arabic name Azurara is unclear.

In 1986 the previous Vila (small town) Mangualde was elevated to a Cidade (city).

Culture and sights

The Anta de Cunha Baixa

Among the various architectural monuments of the city are the rococo palace Palácio Anadia (also Solar dos Pais de Amaral ) of the Paes do Amaral family from the 17th century, the L-shaped mannerist - baroque church Igreja da Misericórdia de Mangualde from the 18th century And the Cine-Teatro de Mangualde from 1947. The historic city center as a whole is also a listed building.

With the megalithic complex Anta da Cunha Baixa , the finds from the Roman villa Citânia da Raposeira from the 1st century BC. BC, and the Castro do Bom Sucesso , the castle ruins at the pilgrimage church Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Castelo , three archaeological excavation sites can be visited.

Sports

The low-class football club Grupo Desportivo de Mangualde , founded in 1945, plays its home games in the Estádio Municipal de Mangualde, which has a capacity of 1,500 .

In 2003 Mangualde was a venue for the U-17 European Football Championship .

administration

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Mangualde is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Penalva do Castelo , Fornos de Algodres , Gouveia , Seia , Nelas and Viseu .

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged to form new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 18 to twelve.

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Mangualde district:

Mangualde district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Abrunhosa-a-Velha 563 17.30 33 180601
Alcafache 921 12.88 72 180602
Cunha Baixa 884 15.52 57 180605
Espinho 984 14.55 68 180606
Fornos de Maceira Dão 1,459 16.25 90 180607
Freixiosa 257 7.32 35 180608
Mangualde, Mesquitela e Cunha Alta 10,407 46.25 225 180619
Moimenta de Maceira Dão e Lobelhe do Mato 773 7.15 108 180620
Quintela de Azurara 542 9.59 56 180614
Santiago de Cassurrães e Póvoa de Cervães 1,414 30.03 47 180621
São João da Fresta 208 7.41 28 180616
Tavares (Chãs, Várzea e Travanca) 1,468 35.02 42 180622
Mangualde district 19,880 219.27 91 1806

Population development

Population in the Mangualde district (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
10,216 12,345 22,340 23,225 23,311 21,438 21,808 20,990 19,880

Municipal holiday

  • September 8th

Town twinning

economy

The Portuguese production plant of PSA Peugeot Citroën is located in Mangualde , under the name Citroën Lusitania SA On July 27, 1990, the last Citroën 2CV (known as the Duck ) was produced here. Other companies include the metalworking industry, the textile and shoe industry, a fertilizer factory belonging to the CUF group ( Companhia União Fabril ), logistics companies, furniture manufacturing and wood and stone processing . A large part is located in the Zona Industrial do Salgueiro business park .

traffic

The A35 (under construction: as of April 2010 ), which will connect the city with Mira on the Atlantic, ends in Mangualde . Furthermore, the city is on the A25 , which connects the places Gafanha da Nazaré (suburb of Barra ) and Vilar Formoso . A rail connection is available with the Linha da Beira Alta with the endpoints Vilar Formoso and Pampilhosa .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Mangualde  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras . 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 154 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
  5. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed July 7, 2013
  6. ^ History page on the city's website , accessed July 7, 2013
  7. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 7, 2013
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  13. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed July 7, 2013
  14. ↑ www.fussballzz.de , accessed on July 7, 2013
  15. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  16. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed July 7, 2013
  17. ↑ Citroën Lusitania SA ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on portugalvirtual.pt, accessed on April 28, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.portugalvirtual.pt
  18. ^ L'Alsace, November 24, 1998, Citropolis HS n ° 3 and Jacques Wolgensinger: Nous nous sommes tant aimés.
  19. ↑ www.cmmangualde.pt , accessed July 7, 2013