Mogofores

Mogofores
Basic data
Coordinates :	40 ° 27 ′ N , 8 ° 28 ′ W Coordinates: 40 ° 27 ′ N , 8 ° 28 ′ W
Postal code :	3780-453

Mogofores is a place and a former municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Anadia . The community had 816 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Mogofores train station

history

Since the reign of King D.Sancho II. (1223–1248), today's town was officially known. King Manuel I gave Mogofores city rights in 1514 after it had previously been a vila and a separate district for a short time .

Personalities

José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa (1797–1862), professor at the University of Coimbra , Bishop of Funchal, Beja and Viseu
António Luís de Seabra (1798–1895), Minister of State, Rector of Coimbra University and Supreme Court Justice
António José Conceição Oliveira , called Toni (* 1946), soccer coach

The aristocratic writer Manuel Ferreira de Seabra da Mota e Silva (1786–1872) died in Mogofores.

The musician José Cid lives here. He is the great-grandson of the local landowner Francisco Luís Ferreira Tavares, who died in Mogofores in 1912.

administration

Mogofores is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ). In the course of the municipal reorganization in Portugal, it was decided to dissolve the municipality. The municipality has been officially dissolved as part of the municipal reorganization since September 29, 2013 and merged with the previous municipality of Arcos to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Arcos e Mogofores .

The following places are in the former municipality:

Mogofores
Outeiro de Cima
Quinta da Murteira

traffic

Mogofores is on the Linha do Norte .

Individual evidence

↑ www.memoriaportuguesa.com ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 May 26, 2013 @1@ 2

^ Article of February 13, 2013 in the regional newspaper Jornal da Bairrada , accessed on May 26, 2013

^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014

[1] www.memoriaportuguesa.com ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 May 26, 2013 @1@ 2

[2] Article of February 13, 2013 in the regional newspaper Jornal da Bairrada , accessed on May 26, 2013

[3] Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014