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 | |||||
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 |
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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).
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:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||
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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
- Official website
- Map of the Freguesia Montalegre at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed December 30, 2012
- ↑ 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
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014