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| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Terras de Trás-os-Montes | |||||
| District : | Bragança | |||||
| Concelho : | Mirandela | |||||
| Freguesia : | União das Freguesias de Barcel, Marmelos e Valverde da Gestosa | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 26 ′ N , 7 ° 11 ′ W | |||||
Marmelos is a place and a former municipality in northern Portugal .
history
A small settlement existed here during Roman times .
The current place was probably founded in the course of the new settlements during the medieval Reconquista , probably in the 12th / 13th. Century by the Johanniter Hospital Order , which received this area.
Marmelos remained a municipality in the Lamas de Orelhão district until its dissolution in 1853. Since then, Marmelos has been a municipality in the Mirandela district.
From around 1940, the community recorded increased emigration , since the 1960s mainly to France. The population decreased from 605 in 1940 to 145 in 2011.
In the course of the regional reform in Portugal in 2013 , the municipality of Marmelos was dissolved and merged with Barcel and Valverde da Gestosa to form a new overall municipality.
Attractions
In addition to nature, which is accessible via hiking trails of the Mirandela district administration, there are some architectural monuments in Barcel:
- Povoado de São Martinho de Marmelos , archaeological site of a Roman settlement in Marmelos
- Igreja Paroquial de São Pedro de Vale do Conde , the Mannerist - Baroque - Neoclassical parish church of São Pedro de Vale do Conde from the 17th century.
- Igreja de São Gens , the parish church of Marmelos
administration
Marmelos was the seat of a community of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Mirandela in the Bragança district . The community had 145 inhabitants and an area of 22.53 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
Two localities belonged to the municipality:
- Jams
- Sao Pedro de Vale do Conde
With the territorial reform of September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Marelos, Barcel and Valverde da Gestosa were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Barcel, Marmelos e Valverde da Gestosa . Barcel became the seat of the new parish.
Web links
- Entry on Marmelos in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry of the Roman settlement site Povoado de São Martinho de Marmelos in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 22, 2020
- ^ Entry of the parish church of Barcel in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 22, 2020
- ^ Entry of the parish church of Barcel in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 22, 2020
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014