Montalegre

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Montalegre (disambiguation) .

Montalegre
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Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Alto Tâmega
District :	Vila Real
Concelho :	Montalegre
Coordinates :	41 ° 49 ′  N , 7 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′  N , 7 ° 47 ′  W
Residents:	1819 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	19.8 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	92 inhabitants per km²
Montalegre county
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Residents:	10,537 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	805.45 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	13 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	25th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Montalegre Praça do Municipio, nº1 5470 - 214 Montalegre
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Fernando José Gomes Rodrigues ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-montalegre.pt

Montalegre is a district ( concelho ) and a Vila (small town) in the Vila Real district in Portugal with 1819 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

View of Montalegre and its castle

The castle ( Castelo ) of Montalegre

The Barragem do Alto Rabagão reservoir

history

Finds from Dolmen and Antas prove that the municipality was settled at least since the Neolithic Age . Celtiberians later settled here. The Romans who subjugated them converted some of their hill fortes ( Portuguese : Castros ) into their own settlements and built Roman roads and bridges here.

The current place was first mentioned in the 6th century in the course of administrative division of areas. Montalegre got its first town charter ( Foral ) in 1273 from King Alfons III . They were renewed several times by the following kings.

In the course of the administrative reform of 1836, after the Liberal Revolution in Portugal (1822), the district of Montalegre, which had existed up to that point, was made smaller by outsourcing, but has remained an independent district to this day.

Culture, sports and sights

With the Pista Automóvel de Montalegre , the municipality of Padornelos in the Serra do Larouco has a motorsport racetrack on which various national car, motorcycle and truck races are held every year. On 5 and 6 May 2007 on this 1,050-meter circuit, with the start of the season for the FIA Rallycross - European Championship in 2007 held the first major international car race.

The Ecomuseu de Barroso museum is dedicated to the Serra do Barroso ecosystem , but also to the traditions of the district, with exhibitions and cultural events. The Ecomuseu has thematic branches in historical buildings in various parishes in the district.

In the reservoir Barragem do Alto Rabagão (also known as Barragem dos Pisões ) there are a variety of water sports, including sport fishing and angling tourism.

About a quarter of the Montalegre district is in the Peneda-Gerês National Park .

Daughters and sons of the city

• Bento António Gonçalves (1902–1942), politician
• Francisco Esteves Dias (1920–1977), Bishop of Luso
• Mário Montalvão Machado (1921–2010), lawyer, politician and biographer
• Bento da Cruz (* 1925), doctor and writer
• Acácio da Silva (* 1961), racing cyclist

administration

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Montalegre is the seat of a district of the same name that borders Spain in the north . The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Chaves , Boticas , Cabeceiras de Basto , Vieira do Minho and Terras de Bouro .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 35 to 25.

The following communes ( freguesias ) are in the Montalegre county:

Montalegre county

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Cabril	553	76.56	7th	170601
Cambeses do Rio, Donões e Mourilhe	309	45.30	7th	170636
Cervos	271	32.95	8th	170603
Chã	748	50.98	15th	170604
Covelo do Geres	194	10.76	18th	170607
Ferral	397	15.28	26th	170609
Grailhas	208	21.59	10	170612
Meixedo e Padornelos	333	35.76	9	170637
Montalegre e Padroso	1.923	32.15	60	170638
Morgade	228	21.15	11	170616
Negrões	177	20.61	9	170618
Outeiro	156	52.32	3	170619
Paradela, Contim e Fiães	308	30.86	10	170639
Pitões das Júnias	161	33.49	5	170623
Reigoso	167	17.23	10	170625
Somersault	1,429	78.55	18th	170626
Santo André	218	18.96	11	170627
Sarraquinhos	294	33.49	9	170629
Sezelhe e Covelães	277	32.94	8th	170640
Solveira	154	12.34	12	170631
Tourém	151	17.03	9	170632
Venda Nova e Pondras	393	19.13	21st	170641
Viade de Baixo e Fervidelas	762	48.31	16	170642
Vila da Ponte	178	10.67	17th	170635
Vilar de Perdizes e Meixide	548	37.04	15th	170643
Montalegre county	10,537	805.45	13	1706

Municipal holiday

• June 9th

Population development

Population in Montalegre County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
18,072	19,794	20,732	21,158	32,728	19,403	15,464	12,762	10,537

Web links

Commons : Montalegre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Map of the Freguesia Montalegre at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército

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.verportugal.net , accessed December 30, 2012
5. ↑ www.ecomuseu.org ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2012 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 December 30, 2012 
6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014