Melgaço (Portugal)

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Melgaço
coat of arms map
Melgaço coat of arms
Melgaço (Portugal)
Melgaço
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Alto Minho
District : Viana do Castelo
Concelho : Melgaço
Coordinates : 42 ° 7 ′  N , 8 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 7 ′  N , 8 ° 16 ′  W
Residents: 9213 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 238.24 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 39 inhabitants per km²
Height: 180  m
Melgaço district
flag map
Flag of Melgaço Location of the Melgaço district
Residents: 9213 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 238.24 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 39 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 13
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Melgaço
Largo Hermenegildo Solheiro
4960-551 Melgaço
President of the Câmara Municipal: António Rui Esteves Solheiro ( PS )
Website: www.cm-melgaco.pt

Melgaço is a small town ( Vila) and a district ( concelho ) in northern Portugal on the Rio Minho , through which the border with Spain runs. Approx. 1300 inhabitants live in the city, in the district there are 9996 inhabitants (status: 2001).

history

In the castle of Melgaço

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement, such as the rock engravings Gravuras Rupestres do Fieiral and various excavations in Castro Laboreiro . The Romans left u. a. several bridges, also in Castro Laboreiro. Today's Melgaço was built around the castle, which was built here in 1170 and was built by Portugal's first king, D.Afonso Henriques , before he granted the place its first city rights in 1181 , which King D.Afonso II renewed in 1219 . D.Afonso III. surrounded the place with a fortress wall. In the course of the revolution of 1383 , Melgaço came under Spanish rule in 1387 , only to become Portuguese again shortly afterwards as the rule of the new Portuguese king D. João I was consolidated . In 1513 King Manuel I renewed Melgaço's town charter.

Culture and sights

The Melgaço district lies partly in the Peneda-Gerês National Park . Thematic hiking trails are also laid out throughout the county, such as wine routes, paths along the Minho bank or the archaeological sites.

The Espaço Memória e Fronteira Museum

The district's monuments include historical public buildings, some mansions , mills, stone fountains, and a large number of sacred buildings . The historic centers of Castro Laboreiro and Melgaço are also listed as a whole. In particular, the center of Melgaço is determined by its medieval streets, churches and buildings. Other cultural attractions include the curious Espaço Memória e Fronteria (English: Space of Memory and the Frontier) museum , which is dedicated to the history of smuggling in the border area, and the granite winery Solar do Alvarinho , which offers wines from the Alvarinho grape for tasting . Archaeological museums and the film museum Museu de Cinema de Melgaço - Jean Loup Passek , opened in 2005, should also be mentioned.

(See also: List of cultural monuments in the Concelho Melgaço )

administration

The circle

Melgaço is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring regions are (starting clockwise in the north): Spain , Arcos de Valdevez and Monção .

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 18 to 13.

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

Melgaço district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Alvaredo 528 4.36 121 160301
Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro 657 106.09 6th 160319
Chaviães e Paços 702 8.48 83 160320
Cousso 294 7.23 41 160304
Cristoval 528 5.56 95 160305
Fiães 239 11.21 21st 160307
Gave 237 18.64 13 160308
Paderne 1,160 12.85 90 160311
Parada do Monte e Cubalhão 526 29.84 18th 160321
Penso 523 8.85 59 160313
Prado e Remoães 550 3.67 150 160322
Sao Paio 602 9.95 60 160317
Vila e Roussas 2,667 11.51 232 160323
Melgaço district 9.213 238.24 39 1603

Population development

Population in Melgaço County (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2004 2011
5.141 7,960 15,558 15,759 18,211 13,246 11,018 9,996 9,739 9.213

Municipal holiday

  • Ascension of Christ

Town twinning

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Melgaço  - 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. ↑ Melgaço ( pt ) valedominho.net. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 16, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.valedominho.net
  4. ↑ Data on the Melgaço district ( en ) alea.pt. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 16, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.alea.pt
  5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on March 1, 2013
  6. ↑ ditto
  7. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed March 1, 2013
  8. ↑ www.cm-melgaco.pt ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 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. , accessed March 1, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-melgaco.pt
  9. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on March 1, 2013
  10. ↑ ditto
  11. ^ Lydia Hohenberger, Jürgen Strohmaier: Portugal. 2nd edition, DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2009, p. 292
  12. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  13. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on March 1, 2013