Paredes

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Paredes
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Paredes coat of arms
Paredes (Portugal)
Paredes
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Porto metropolitan area
District : postage
Concelho : Paredes
Coordinates : 41 ° 12 ′  N , 8 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 12 ′  N , 8 ° 20 ′  W
Residents: 86,854 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 156.74 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 554 inhabitants per km²
Paredes district
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Flag of Paredes Position of the Paredes circle
Residents: 86,854 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 156.74 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 554 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 18th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Paredes
Parque José Guilherme
4580-130 Paredes
President of the Câmara Municipal: Dr. Celso Manuel Gomes Ferreira ( PSD )
Website: www.cm-paredes.pt

Paredes is a city in northern Portugal with 87,460 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Excavations show that the area has been settled for over 5,000 years. Since the 2nd century BC The Romans arriving in the 3rd century BC mined gold in the surrounding mines, especially in Castromil.

In the Cete monastery, 15th century

Today's area around Paredes belonged to Aguiar de Sousa , an administrative district that existed when the Kingdom of Portugal became independent in 1139. At the end of the 16th century, parts of the district administration were moved to Paredes, in particular the hearing room and the prison. Paredes belonged to the municipality of Castelões de Cepeda and was on the road that connected Porto to Vila Real . Four monasteries and various aristocratic families received income from local lands. In the course of the Liberal Revolution of 1822 , the religious orders were expropriated, and in the following administrative reforms, Mouzinho da Silveira created the independent circles of Baltar, Louredo and Sobrosa by splitting off from the Aguiar de Sousa district in 1833/34. In the course of the renewed restructuring by Manuel da Silva Passos , the districts were dissolved again in 1837 and the Paredes district was re-created. In 1844 Paredes was elevated to a small town ( Vila ).

In the second half of the 19th century, the district experienced some economic boom, especially under Mayor José Guilherme Pacheco (1864–1871), who paid particular attention to the district's infrastructure. In addition to improved road connections and the arrival of the railroad, the financially strong returners from Brazil also became a decisive factor in the increasing industrial development, especially in the field of wood processing, and there especially in furniture production, which has remained important to this day.

On June 20, 1991 Paredes was promoted to city ( Cidade ). The continuous growth in the district led in 2003 to the elevation of the places Baltar, Cête, Recarei, Sobreira and Vilela to a city, in addition Gandra, Lordelo and Rebordosa were raised to a small town.

administration

Paredes district

Paredes is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Porto district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 86,854 inhabitants on an area of ​​156.7 km².

The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Paços de Ferreira , Lousada , Penafiel , Gondomar and Valongo .

With the territorial reform in September 2013 , the municipalities ( Freguesias ) Mouriz , Castelões de Cepeda (Paredes), Vila Cova de Carros , Madalena , Besteiros , Gondalães and Bitarães were combined to form the new municipality Paredes . Since then, the district has consisted of the following 18 municipalities:

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Paredes district:

Paredes district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Aguiar de Sousa 1,631 22.38 73 131001
Astromil 1,086 1.93 563 131002
Baltar 4,818 7.41 650 131003
Beire 2,040 3.31 617 131004
Cete 3.113 4.68 666 131008
Cristelo 1,891 2.02 934 131009
Duas Igrejas 3,879 3.78 1,026 131010
Gandra 6,974 11.76 593 131011
Lordelo 10,025 9.76 1,027 131013
Louredo 1,514 2.89 523 131014
Parada de Todeia 1,848 3.49 529 131017
Paredes 19,834 21.51 922 131025
Rebordosa 9.106 10.76 846 131018
Recarei 4,631 14.60 317 131019
Sobreira 4,300 21.96 196 131020
Sobrosa 2,641 4.70 562 131021
Vandoma 2,363 5.12 461 131022
Vilela 5,160 4.68 1.102 131024
Paredes district 86,854 156.74 554 1310

Population development

Population in Paredes County (1849–2011)
1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
17,286 20,911 26,304 43,388 67,693 72,999 83,376 86,992

Municipal holiday

  • Monday after the third Sunday of July

Town twinning

City partnerships exist between Paredes and

economy

With the arrival of the railroad and new roads in the second half of the 19th century, the district developed increasingly industrial. After the independence of Brazil in 1822 and after the end of the Brazilian Empire with the proclamation of the republic in 1891, numerous Portuguese emigrants returned to their home regions, especially in northern Portugal, including Paredes. The often very wealthy returnees ensured a further boost in development, especially through their investments and business start-ups, especially in the furniture manufacturing sector. They invested in existing and newly founded companies, such as the well-known wood processing company A Boa Nova . To this day, wood processing and especially furniture manufacture is an important pillar of the local economy. Paredes County is responsible for around 65% of Portuguese furniture production.

This history is also reflected in tourism and sports in the district. So the themed route Rota dos Móveis (Route of Furniture) was set up, which between 2000 and 2010 also gave its name to the cycling team from the community of Rebordosa, today's LA Aluminios-Antarte team .

Paredes train station in 1930

traffic

The Linha do Douro railway crosses the district, and there are other stops in the district next to Paredes station.

Paredes has its own exit on the A4 motorway . In addition, the A41 motorways (exit Aguiar de Sousa) and A42 cross the district.

Local public transport is ensured by bus routes. The three private bus companies Valpi Bus, Auto Viação Pacense and Rodonorte operate on various local and regional lines, some of which have a municipal concession.

sons and daughters of the town

  • Bishop João Gomes Ferreira

  • Bishop António Barbosa Leão (1919)

  • Jaime Pacheco in Beijing (2011)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. ↑ igeo.pt
  4. ↑ a b Local history on the website of the city administration ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2016 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 February 5, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-paredes.pt
  5. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  6. ↑ Greetings from the district council ( memento of the original dated November 6, 2016 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. on the city council's website, accessed February 8, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-paredes.pt