Mascarenhas (Mirandela)

Mascarenhas
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Terras de Trás-os-Montes
District :	Bragança
Concelho :	Mirandela
Coordinates :	41 ° 34 ′  N , 7 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 34 ′  N , 7 ° 8 ′  W
Residents:	550 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	28.14 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	20 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5370-173
politics
Mayor :	Mário Domingos Morais ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Mascarenhas Largo da Junta, 2 5370-173 Mascarenhas

Mascarenhas is a town and municipality in northern Portugal .

history

The present-day village was probably created during the course of new settlements after the medieval Reconquista . In the royal registers from 1258 Mascarenhas is recorded as the original donation from King D. Sancho I (ruled from 1185 to 1211) to the knight Fernando Fernandes Bragançano, who then passed the area on to the knight Estevão Rodrigues.

The current parish church was built in 1721, and in 1796 Mascarenhas had 201 inhabitants.

administration

Population development in the municipality of Mascarenhas (1864–2011)

Mascarenhas is the seat of the homonymous municipality ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Mirandela in the Bragança district . 550 inhabitants live in it on an area of ​​28 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities are in the municipality:

• Guribanes
• Mascarenhas
• Paradela
• Valbom dos Figos
• Vale do Pereiro

Attractions

In addition to nature, which is accessible via hiking trails of the district administration Mirandela, there are some architectural monuments in the municipality of Mascarenhas, all sacred buildings :

• Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (also Igreja de Santa Maria ), Baroque parish church by Mascarenhas, built in 1721
• Capela em Guribanes , late baroque chapel in the village of Guribanes
• Capela de Valbom dos Figos , chapel in the village of Valbom dos Figos from the 18th century.
• Capela em Mascarenhas , chapel in the hamlet of Mascarenhas
• Capela em Paradela , chapel in the village of Paradela
• Igreja de Santo António , 1609 Mannerist- Baroque parish church of Paradela
• Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Viso , pilgrimage chapel outside of Mascarenhas

Web links

Commons : Mascarenhas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website for the Mascarenhas community at the Mirandela district administration
• Entry on mascarenhas in the Mapas de Portugal

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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Entry of the parish church of Mascarenhas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 29, 2020
4. ↑ Entry of the Capela em Guribanes in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 29, 2020
5. ↑ Entry of the Capela de Valbom dos Figos in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 29, 2020
6. ↑ Entry of the Capela em Mascarenhas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 29, 2020
7. ↑ Entry of the Capela em Paradela in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 29, 2020
8. ^ Entry of the Igreja de Santo António in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 29, 2020
9. ^ Entry of the Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Viso in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 29, 2020