Parada (Vila do Conde)

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Parada
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Parada (Portugal)
Parada
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Porto metropolitan area
District : postage
Concelho : Vila do Conde
Freguesia : União das Freguesias de Bagunte, Ferreiró, Outeiro Maior e Parada
Coordinates : 41 ° 22 ′  N , 8 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 22 ′  N , 8 ° 38 ′  W

Parada is a place and a former municipality ( freguesia ) in northwestern Portugal .

history

As Santo André de Parada , the community belonged to the Mosteiro de São Simão da Junqueira monastery in the Middle Ages , which was founded in the 11th century.

The municipality Parada belonged to the Póvoa de Varzim district until it was incorporated into the Vila do Conde district in 1853 as part of the numerous administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1820 and the subsequent Miguelistenkrieg (1832-1834).

With the municipal reform in 2013 , the independent municipality Parada was dissolved and merged with three others to form the new municipality of Bagunte, Ferreiró, Outeiro Maior e Parada .

administration

Parada was the seat of an independent municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Vila do Conde in the district of Porto . It had an area of ​​3 km² and 304 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

As part of the regional reform on September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Parada, Bagunte , Ferreiró and Outeiro Maior were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Bagunte, Ferreiró, Outeiro Maior e Parada . Bagunte became the seat of this newly formed municipality, the previous municipal administrations of Parada and the other two remained as municipal citizens' offices.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Information on Bagunte, Ferreiró, Outeiro Maior e Parada on the website of the Vila do Conde district administration, accessed on December 2, 2016
  2. www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014