Paredes de Coura

This article covers the small town. For the municipality, see Paredes de Coura (Freguesia) .

Paredes de Coura
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Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Alto Minho
District :	Viana do Castelo
Concelho :	Paredes de Coura
Coordinates :	41 ° 55 ′  N , 8 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 55 ′  N , 8 ° 34 ′  W
Residents:	1598 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	2.76 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	579 inhabitants per km²
Height:	432  m
Paredes de Coura county
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Residents:	9198 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	138.18 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	67 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	16
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Paredes de Coura Apartado 6 4941-909 Paredes de Coura
President of the Câmara Municipal:	António Pereira Júnior ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-paredes-coura.pt

Paredes de Coura is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 1598 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). The place is particularly known for its annual rock music festival.

The stake, symbol of the Parades de Coura city rights

history

Dolmens and other finds attest to prehistoric settlement in the area, and there are also significant finds from Roman times, such as mansions along the Roman military road that passes here.

The oldest document of the place is an exchange of letters regarding a gift from Queen Teresa . Under King D. João I , the place was an independent circle (" concelho "). The borders of the district of Coura, renewed and redefined by King Manuel I with the Administrative Law Document ("Foral") of April 13, 1515, extended to the river of the Rio Minho .

The district only got its current name in 1875 when the district of Coura was merged with other parishes (" Freguesias "), including the parish of Paredes, from which the authorities formed the new official name Paredes de Coura ("Walls of Coura").

Culture and sights

The Sex Pistols 2008 in Paredes de Coura

In addition to archaeological sites, a Roman bridge, various mansions, and churches from around the 13th and 16th centuries can be visited.

A number of hiking trails criss-cross the wooded and stream-criss-crossing areas in the district. A number of gastronomic and sporting infrastructures have been created in places on the river beach of the Rio Coura .

Every year in summer (end of July / beginning of August) the internationally important music festival that bears the name of the place has been held here since 1993. Thousands then come to see the performances of the bands of different varieties of rock music and the like. to attend. In 2011 bands like Pulp , Mogwai or … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead were guests here.

administration

circle

Paredes de Coura is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Valença , Monção , Arcos de Valdevez , Ponte de Lima and Vila Nova de Cerveira .

The Parish Church of Rubiães

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 21 to 16.

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Paredes de Coura district:

Paredes de Coura county

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Agualonga	295	5.32	55	160501
Bico e Cristelo	783	11.68	67	160522
Castanheira	631	7.76	81	160503
Cossourado e Linhares	517	9.64	54	160523
Cunha	529	9.98	53	160507
Formariz e Ferreira	998	19.54	51	160524
Infesta	450	5.89	76	160510
Insalde e Porreiras	459	17.59	26th	160525
Mozelos	347	3.36	103	160513
Padornelo	437	6.66	66	160514
Parada	298	5.90	51	160515
Paredes de Coura e Resende	2,099	5.84	359	160526
Romarigães	246	7.13	34	160519
Rubiães	512	9.08	56	160520
S. Martinho de Coura	374	6.59	57	160505
Vascões	223	6.22	36	160521
Paredes de Coura county	9,198	138.18	67	1605

Population development

Population in Paredes de Coura county (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
8963	10,618	13.091	14,412	14,886	11,311	10,442	9571	9198

Town twinning

•  France : Magnac-sur-Touvre (in preparation)
•  France : Cenon

traffic

The place can be reached via the A3 via exit no. 13 (Paredes de Coura), 11 km away . It has no connection to the country's rail network. On the occasion of the festival, various intercity bus connections will be offered across the country.

Web links

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

• Map of the Paredes de Coura district at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• 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. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 26, 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. 
5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 19, 2015 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. 
6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 4, 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. 
7. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
8. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on February 2, 2013