Póvoa de Lanhoso

Póvoa de Lanhoso
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Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Ave
District :	Braga
Concelho :	Póvoa de Lanhoso
Coordinates :	41 ° 35 ′  N , 8 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 35 ′  N , 8 ° 17 ′  W
Residents:	5048 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	5.7 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	886 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4830-513
politics
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Póvoa de Lanhoso Av de Lanhoso, 1494 4830-349 Lanhoso
Website:	www.jf-lanhoso.pt
County of Póvoa de Lanhoso
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Residents:	21,918 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	134.66 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	163 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	22nd
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Póvoa de Lanhoso Av. da República 4830-513 Póvoa de Lanhoso
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Manuel Baptista ( PSD )
Website:	www.mun-planhoso.pt

Póvoa de Lanhoso is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 5048 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

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history

Theresa of Castile , mother of D.Afonso Henriques , who waged war against her, barricaded herself in the castle of Lanhoso . The Treaty of Lanhoso negotiated between mother and son was one of the stages in the later founding of the Kingdom of Portugal , of which D.Afonso Henriques became King in 1139.

The town received its first city rights ( Foral ) in 1292 by King D Dinis , which were renewed by King Manuel I in 1514 .

Lanhoso Castle

administration

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Póvoa de Lanhoso is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighbors are Amares , Vieira do Minho , Fafe , Guimarães and Braga .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged to form new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 29 to 22.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Póvoa de Lanhoso district.

County of Póvoa de Lanhoso

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Águas Santas e Moure	659	3.91	168	030930
Calvos e Frades	753	8.72	86	030931
Campos e Louredo	1,485	5.06	293	030932
Covelas	416	2.91	143	030906
Esperança e Brunhais	652	8.21	79	030933
Ferreiros	416	4.40	95	030908
Fonte Arcada e Oliveira	1,672	11.06	151	030934
Galegos	543	2.94	185	030912
Garfe	1,000	5.44	184	030913
Geraz do Minho	546	4.84	113	030914
Lanhoso	720	6.06	119	030915
Monsul	770	3.28	235	030917
Póvoa de Lanhoso	5,048	5.70	885	030919
Rendufinho	736	8.37	88	030921
Santo Emilião	926	2.14	433	030922
Sao João de Rei	401	5.46	73	030923
Serzedelo	719	10.06	71	030924
Sobradelo da Goma	794	10.12	78	030925
Taíde	1,613	6.67	242	030926
Travassos	698	4.64	150	030927
Verim, Friande e Ajude	736	10.09	73	030935
Vilela	615	4.58	134	030929
County of Póvoa de Lanhoso	21,918	134.66	163	0309

Population development

Population in the Póvoa de Lanhoso district (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
8084	9585	16,939	19,178	22,033	21.092	21,516	22,772	21,895

Municipal holiday

• 19th March

Town twinning

•  France : Neuves-Maisons (since 1987)

sons and daughters of the town

• Gonçalo Sampaio (1865–1937), botanist
• Agostinho Oliveira (* 1947), football player and coach

Web links

Commons : Póvoa de Lanhoso  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 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.verportugal.net , accessed January 30, 2013
5. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
6. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed January 30, 2013