Marco de Canaveses

Marco de Canaveses
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Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Tâmega e Sousa
District :	postage
Concelho :	Marco de Canaveses
Coordinates :	41 ° 11 ′  N , 8 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 11 ′  N , 8 ° 9 ′  W
Residents:	53,450 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	201.9 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	265 inhabitants per km²
Marco de Canaveses county
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Residents:	53,450 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	201.9 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	265 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	16
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Marco de Canaveses Largo Sacadura Cabral 4630-219 Marco de Canaveses
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Dr. Manuel Moreira ( PSD )
Website:	www.cm-marco-canaveses.pt

Marco de Canaveses is a city ( Cidade ) in northern Portugal . The church Igreja de Santa Maria de Fornos by the internationally renowned architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, completed in 1996, became famous .

history

Tombs and other finds show that Canaveses has been settled since the Neolithic Age . The archaeological site of a local Roman settlement, Tongóbriga, dates from Roman times .

The present place was probably created during the settlement policy after the Reconquista in the 12th century. The first city administrator of the independent administrative district Canaveses was Mendo Gil . In 1384 King D. João I gave the area to João Rodrigues Pereira , a relative of Nuno Álvares Pereira . After the reign of João I, the area fell back to the crown.

Marco de Canaveses 1904

The St. Mary's Church Siza Vieiras

In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the Canaveses district was dissolved and Soalhães was incorporated , before the Marco de Canaveses district was created in 1852 by reorganization. For this purpose, the former districts of Benviver, Canaveses, Soalhães, Portocarreiro, parts of the district of Gouveia, and Santa Cruz de Riba Tâmega were combined.

In 1993 the previous small town ( Vila ) was elevated to a town ( Cidade ).

administration

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Marco de Canaveses is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Porto district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 53,450 inhabitants on an area of ​​201.9 km².

The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Amarante , Baião , Cinfães , Castelo de Paiva and Penafiel .

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 31 to 16.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Marco de Canaveses district:

Marco de Canaveses county

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Alpendorada, Várzea e Torrão	8,485	16.82	504	130732
Avessadas e rosém	1,467	11.14	132	130733
Banho e Carvalhosa	1,276	4.91	260	130704
Bem Viver	3,877	9.59	404	130734
Constance	1,626	4.80	339	130705
Livração	2,083	4.67	446	130735
Marco	11,014	17.39	633	130736
Paredes de Viadores e Manhuncelos	1,775	13.12	135	130737
Penhalonga e Paços de Gaiolo	2,924	18.14	161	130738
Sande e São Lourenço	2,869	12.62	227	130739
Soalhães	3,682	24.06	153	130722
Sobretâmega	1,132	2.84	399	130723
Taboo	1,375	6.80	202	130724
Várzea, Aliviada e Folhada	2,771	23.19	120	130740
Vila Boa de Quires e Maureles	3,854	19.33	199	130741
Vila Boa do Bispo	3,240	12.48	260	130730
Marco de Canaveses county	53,450	201.90	265	1307

Population development

Population in the district of Marco de Canaveses (1864–2011)
1864	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
23,820	28,188	32,354	39,270	46.131	48.133	52,419	53,569

Municipal holiday

• September 8th

Town twinning

• Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux in the Vienne department , France (since 1994)
• Príncipe on the island of Príncipe , São Tomé and Príncipe (since 1998)

traffic

Marco Canaveses, with its train station just outside, is on the Linha do Douro railway line .

The city is connected to the A4 motorway , which runs 13 km to the north, via the N211 national road .

Regional private bus routes ensure local public transport . To this end, the city administration has set up a ride-sharing system called Marco à boleia (Marco per hitchhiker). Registered users receive an identity card and can arrange car-sharing opportunities online according to the principle of a car-sharing agency.

sons and daughters of the town

Carmen Miranda

• João Martins de Soalhães († 1325), Bishop of Lisbon, Archbishop of Braga
• João Manuel Alexandrino de Vasconcelos (1787–1857), lawyer and politician
• Gaspar Pinto de Magalhães e Aguiar (1831–1922), lawyer, politician and noble landowner
• António Pinto de Magalhães Aguiar (1834-?), Mathematician and philosopher
• Adriano António Canavarro Crispiniano da Fonseca (1884–1979), lawyer and politician
• Carmen Miranda (1909–1955), Brazilian-American singer and actress, was considered the highest paid actress in the world in 1946
• David de Sousa (1911–2006), Bishop of Funchal, Archbishop of Évora
• Carlos de Azeredo (* 1930), officer of the Carnation Revolution , last governor of Madeira before the establishment of the autonomous region
• Belmiro de Azevedo (1938–2017), entrepreneur, President of the Sonae Group, at times richest Portuguese
• António José da Rocha Couto (* 1952), Bishop of Lamego
• Serafim Vieira (* 1966), racing cyclist
• Marcio Vieira (* 1984), Andorran football player
• Gonçalo Cardoso (* 2000), Portuguese football player

Web links

Commons : Marco de Canaveses  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city administration

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 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.verportugal.net , accessed December 11, 2013
4. ↑ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República law gazette of January 28, 2013 (PDF), accessed on March 16, 2014
5. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed December 28, 2013
6. ↑ site to Marco à boleia on the website of the City Council, accessed on 28 December 2013