Múrias
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Norte | |||||
Sub-region : | Terras de Trás-os-Montes | |||||
District : | Bragança | |||||
Concelho : | Mirandela | |||||
Coordinates : | 41 ° 36 ′ N , 7 ° 7 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 281 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 22.55 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 12 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 5385-053 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | Cláudia Viviana Estrói Carvalho Afonso ( PPD / PSD ) | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Múrias Rua Principal 5385-053 Múrias |
Múrias is a town and municipality in northern Portugal .
In 1972 the film Pedro Só was shot here, an important work in the new Portuguese cinema .
history
Finds prove a prehistoric settlement, in particular the Iron Age settlement of the Castro culture from the 1st millennium BC. It became a Roman settlement around the 4th century AD .
The present-day town was probably created during the course of new settlements after the medieval Reconquista in the 11th and 12th centuries.
administration
Múrias is the seat of the eponymous municipality ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Mirandela in the Bragança district . 281 inhabitants live in it on an area of 23 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities are in the municipality:
- Couços
- Gandariças
- Múrias
- Regodeiro
- Vale de Prados
Attractions
In addition to nature, which is accessible via hiking trails of the Mirandela district administration, there are some architectural monuments in the municipality of Múrias:
- Castro de São Juzende , archaeological site of an Iron Age settlement
- Igreja de São Martinho , Parish Church of Múrias
- Capela de São Paulo , chapel in Múrias
Web links
- Website for the Múrias municipality at the Mirandela County Council
- Entry on Múrias in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ a b Entry of the Castro de São Juzende in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 29, 2020
- ↑ Entry of the Igreja de São Martinho in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 29, 2020
- ^ Entry of the Capela de São Paulo in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 29, 2020