Moimenta da Beira

Moimenta da Beira
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Douro
District :	Viseu
Concelho :	Moimenta da Beira
Coordinates :	40 ° 59 ′  N , 7 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 59 ′  N , 7 ° 37 ′  W
Residents:	2888 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	9.27 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	312 inhabitants per km²
Moimenta da Beira district
flag map
Residents:	10,212 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	219.95 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	16
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Moimenta da Beira Largo do Tabolado 3620-324 Moimenta da Beira
President of the Câmara Municipal:	José Eduardo Lopes Ferreira ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-moimenta.pt

Moimenta da Beira is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal with 2888 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Finds and excavations prove a prehistoric settlement of the area. In the course of the Reconquista , the changing conquests by Moors and Christian armies caused the area to be depopulated. In connection with the newly formed county of Portugal , a repopulation of the area began, which resulted in the current town. The place was already known in 1140. Moimenta received its first town charter in 1189.

With the founding of the women's Benedictine -Klosters Convento de Nossa Senhora da Beneditino Purificação in the 16th century Moimenta took some recovery, was closed to the monastery in 1812 again by the Bishop of Lamego. The destruction of French troops in the course of the Napoleonic invasions in 1808 initiated a relative decline of the district. With the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the subsequent Miguelistenkrieg , the circle of Moimenta da Beira was significantly expanded. After further expansion, the district reached its current size in 1896.

The former Convento Beneditino de Nossa Senhora da Purificação

Culture and sights

The architectural monuments in the district include a number of mansions , historic public buildings and a variety of sacred buildings . The historic town center as a whole is also a listed building.

A number of circular routes and hiking trails are set up in a circle. Some themed routes lead e.g. B. along archaeological sites or historical traditional village facilities.

In addition to the city library, the city music academy or the city's event center Auditório Municipal , other cultural sites can be found in the district, including the Casa-Museu Aquilino Ribeiro , which is dedicated to the work and life of the writer Aquilino Ribeiro , and the ethnographic museum Museu Etnográfico de Arcozelos in the municipality of Arcozelos.

administration

circle

Moimenta da Beira is the seat of a circle of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Tabuaço , Sernancelhe , Sátão , Vila Nova de Paiva , Tarouca and Armamar .

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged to form new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 20 to 16.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Moimenta da Beira district:

Moimenta da Beira district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Alvite	1,095	19.29	57	180702
Arcozelos	674	9.5	71	180703
Baldos	201	4.44	45	180705
Cabaços	280	11.21	25th	180706
Caria	507	16.71	30th	180707
Castelo	245	9.28	26th	180708
Leomil	1,115	36.77	30th	180709
Moimenta da Beira	2,888	9.27	312	180710
Paradinha e Nagosa	236	12.09	20th	180721
Passô	343	4.35	79	180713
Pêra Velha, Aldeia de Nacomba e Ariz	428	29.17	15th	180722
Peva e Segoes	519	24.64	21st	180723
Rua	601	9.67	62	180716
Sarzedo	162	4.99	32	180717
Sever	536	10.03	53	180719
Vilar	382	8.54	45	180720
Moimenta da Beira district	10,212	219.95	46	1807

Population development

Population in Moimenta da Beira County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
1,747	6,851	14,555	13,578	15,272	12,809	12,317	11,074	10,212

Luis Pinto de Sousa Coutinho

Municipal holiday

• June 24th

Town twinning

•  Cape Verde : São Filipe

Sons and daughters

• Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho (1735–1804), royal minister, colonial administrator in Brazil
• Luís Veiga Leitão (1912–1987), writer and artist
• António José Rafael (1925–2018), Bishop of Bragança
• Jacinto Tomás de Carvalho Botelho (* 1935), Bishop of Lamego
• João Manuel (1967–2005), football player

Web links

Commons : Moimenta da Beira  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Moimenta da Beira at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on March 10, 2013
5. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on March 10, 2013
6. ↑ www.cm-moimenta.pt (under Município / Menu / História ), accessed on March 10, 2013
7. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on March 10, 2013
8. ↑ www.cm-moimenta.pt (under Áreas de Actividade / Turismo ), accessed on March 10, 2013
9. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
10. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on March 10, 2013