Penedono

Penedono
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Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Douro
District :	Viseu
Concelho :	Penedono
Coordinates :	40 ° 59 ′  N , 7 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 59 ′  N , 7 ° 24 ′  W
Residents:	1111 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	22.89 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km²
Penedono County
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Residents:	2952 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	133.7 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	22 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	7th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Penedono Largo da Devesa 3630-253 Penedono
President of the Câmara Municipal:	António Carlos Saraiva Esteves de Carvalho ( PSD )
Website:	www.cm-penedono.pt

Penedono is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 1111 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

View from the castle to parts of the historical center

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement up to the Castro culture . The subsequent Romans won gold and silver in the mines located here, and parts of Roman roads can still be found. The Romans were followed by Vandals , Suebi , Visigoths and other Germanic tribes. After large parts of the Iberian Peninsula were conquered by the Moors from the early 8th century, Penedono remained Arabic until the Christian King Ferdinand I (León) conquered the place in the 11th century.

The present place was first officially mentioned in 960 as Pena de Dono . The place received its first city rights in 1195 , which were confirmed in 1217 , and renewed in the course of the administrative reforms of King Manuel I in 1512 .

Culture and sights

The castle Castelo de Penedono , in front of it the stake ( Pelourinho )

The monuments of the place include some fountains, historic houses and public buildings, including the cinema and event center Cine Forúm em Penedono and the historic town hall and prison ( Paços do concelho e cadeia comarcã de Penedono ), which now houses the city library ( Biblioteca Municipal ) and the Tourist Office ( Turismo ) are located. This also includes a number of sacred buildings , such as the baroque main church Igreja Matriz de Penedono (also Igreja de São Pedro ) from the 17th century.

The historic town center as a whole is also a listed building.

The Anta Nossa Senhora do Monte (also Senhora do Monte) lies on a plateau with six other megalithic structures ( Dólmen do Sangrino ), near the road from Penedono to Paredes da Beira .

administration

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Penedono is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): São João da Pesqueira , Vila Nova de Foz Côa , Mêda , Trancoso and Sernancelhe .

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

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in Penedono County:

Penedono County

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Antas e Ourozinho	320	30.06	11	181210
Beselga	321	14.77	22nd	181202
Castainço	161	13.37	12	181203
Penedono e Granja	1,155	32.77	35	181211
Penela da Beira	353	18.38	19th	181207
Póvoa de Penela	325	9.77	33	181208
Souto	317	14.58	22nd	181209
Penedono County	2,952	133.70	22nd	1812

Population development

Population in Penedono County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
3,672	5,226	6,876	6,050	6,792	4.189	3,731	3.214	2,952

Municipal holiday

• June 29th

Sons and daughters

• Álvaro Gonçalves Coutinho (1383–1445), knight, sung about in 1572 by the national poet Camões in Lusiaden

Web links

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

• Map of the Freguesia Penedono 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. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed July 8, 2013
5. ↑ History page of the district's website ( memento of the original from December 25, 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. , accessed July 8, 2013 
6. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 8, 2013
7. ↑ ditto
8. ↑ ditto
9. ↑ ditto
10. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014