Mesão Frio

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Mesão Frio
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Mesão Frio
Mesão Frio (Portugal)
Mesão Frio
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Douro
District : Vila Real
Concelho : Mesão Frio
Coordinates : 41 ° 10 ′  N , 7 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 10 ′  N , 7 ° 53 ′  W
Residents: 4433 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 26.65 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 166 inhabitants per km²
Mesão Frio district
flag map
Flag of Mesão Frio Position of the district of Mesão Frio
Residents: 4433 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 26.65 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 166 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 5
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Mesão Frio
Avenida Conselheiro Alpoim, n.º 432
5040-310 Mesão Frio
President of the Câmara Municipal: Alberto Monteiro Pereira ( PS )
Website: www.cm-mesaofrio.pt

Mesão Frio is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 4433 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). It belongs to the Alto Douro wine-growing region , the first protected wine-growing region in the world to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001.

Wine landscape on the Douro in the Mesão Frio district

history

A prehistoric castro found here ( Portuguese for local ramparts ) served the people since the 2nd century BC. The Romans invaded here as a settlement point, which continued into the Middle Ages. A hostel was established here on a Roman road , where travelers could warm up and eat , and which was known as Mansionis frigidae . The first official mention of the place comes from the year 1059 as Mansion Frigido . Presumably, D. Mafalda had a church built here, from which today's parish São Nicolau takes its name. Queen D.Mafalda was the wife of the first king of the independent Kingdom of Portugal , D.Afonso Henriques , who gave Mesão Frio city rights in 1152. In 1217 King D.Afonso II confirmed the town charter , which King D.Manuel I renewed in 1513.

In the course of the Napoleonic invasions , the place suffered some destruction in 1809 by French troops under General Loison . In 1821 Mesão Frio became the seat of its own circle.

Culture and sights

Church tower of the Igreja de São Nicolau

The district's monuments include a large number of mansions , stone fountains, a Roman bridge, an archaeological excavation site, several historical public buildings and numerous chapels and other sacred buildings , including the Baroque church Igreja Paroquial de Mesão Frio (also Igreja de São Nicolau ). The single-nave parish church contains, among other things, altarpieces made of gilded wood ( Talha dourada ) and Rococo paintings in the coffered ceiling .

In addition, the historic town center is a listed building as a whole.

A signposted, 12 km long hiking trail leads in a circle through hills, wineries, villages and chapels along the landmarks of the first protected wine-growing area in the world, established in 1756, today's UNESCO World Heritage Site Alto Douro . Hotels, pousadas and houses of Turismo rural are especially geared towards individual travelers and wine tourists, and the tourist office (port .: Turismo) offers thematically guided tours.

administration

circle

Mesão Frio is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Peso da Régua , Lamego , Resende and Baião .

With the territorial reform in September 2013, the municipalities ( freguesias ) Santa Cristina , São Nicolau and Vila Jusã were combined to form the new municipality Mesão Frio (Santo André) . Since then, the district has consisted of the following five municipalities:

Mesão Frio district
local community Population
(2011)
Area
km²
Density of
population / km²
LAU
code
Barqueiros 701 4.66 151 170401
Cidadelhe 171 2.59 66 170402
Mesão Frio 1.927 7.41 260 170408
Oliveira 391 3.44 114 170403
Vila Marim 1,243 8.55 145 170407
Mesão Frio district 4,433 26.65 166 1704

Population development

Population in the district of Mesão Frio (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
2856 5745 6935 7576 7424 6335 5519 4926 4433

Municipal holiday

  • 30th of November
José Maria Alpoim

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Mesão Frio  - 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.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 19, 2013
  4. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 162f ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
  5. www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on February 19, 2013
  6. www.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 19, 2013
  7. ditto
  8. www.cm-mesaofrio.pt ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 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 February 19, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-mesaofrio.pt
  9. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014