Ponte da Barca

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Ponte da Barca
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Ponte da Barca
Ponte da Barca (Portugal)
Ponte da Barca
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Alto Minho
District : Viana do Castelo
Concelho : Ponte da Barca
Coordinates : 41 ° 49 ′  N , 8 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′  N , 8 ° 25 ′  W
Residents: 12,061 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 182.11 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 66 inhabitants per km²
Ponte da Barca district
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Flag of Ponte da Barca Location of the Ponte da Barca district
Residents: 12,061 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 182.11 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 66 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 17th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Ponte da Barca
Praça da República
4980-626 Ponte da Barca
President of the Câmara Municipal: António Vassalo Abreu ( PS )
Website: www.cmpb.pt

Ponte da Barca is a small town ( vila ) and a district ( concelho ) in northern Portugal on the Rio Lima near the Spanish border. 12,061 people live in the district (as of June 30, 2011).

The bridge ( ponte ) over the Lima

geography

Located on the left side of the Rio Lima, the place is 72 km north of the city of Porto , and 40 km east of the district capital Viana do Castelo .

history

The stake, symbol of the received city rights (1513)

Various finds and excavations prove a prehistoric settlement, including remains of dolmens and ramparts of the Castro culture . In 1979 rock engravings were discovered in the municipality of Lindoso .

After the campaign of conquest in 137 BC BC of Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus , the area became Roman. Coins, ceramics, and sculptures have been found from this period, and a bridge has been preserved. The Roman administrative area known as Anobrega existed as Terra de Nóbrega until the Middle Ages. Theresa of Castile gave it first city rights ( Foral ) in 1125 .

In the years following the independence of the Kingdom of Portugal (from 1139 ) also came increasingly pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela by. They had to cross the river in a ferry boat ( Portuguese : Barca ). In 1220 the first mention of a town called Barca in the Terra de Nóbrega district . From 1386 the place was known as Ponte da Barca , after a bridge had been built over the Lima here in previous years, and it became the seat of the Terra da Nóbrega district , which later got its name. In 1513 King Manuel I gave Ponte da Barca its first Portuguese town charter ( Foral ).

Culture and sights

The Ponte da Barca district is partly located in the Peneda-Gerês National Park . Hiking trails are laid out, and river pools offer bathing opportunities.

The main church of Ponte da Barca

The architectural monuments of the place include mansions , historical public buildings, stone fountains, a Roman and a late medieval bridge as well as a number of sacred buildings , including the single-nave Mannerist - Baroque main church Igreja Matriz de Ponte da Barca (also Igreja de São João Baptista ) from the 16th Century. The historic town center as a whole is also a listed building.

One of the archaeological sites in the district is the statue menhir of Ermida in the local museum of Ermida.

Places of culture include the chess association CXAM - Clube de Xadrez do Alto Minho , the city archives ( Arquivo Municipal ), the municipal event center Auditório Municipal - Casa de Santo António do Buraquinho , the exhibition and sales center for regional products ( Centro de Exposição e Venda de Produtos Regionais ), the quartz crystal museum Museu de Cristais de Quartzo in Vila Chã (Santiago) as well as the historical-archaeological museums in Ermida and in the castle of Lindoso .

Every year on the last weekend in July, the town takes place with the Festival Folk Celta de Ponte da Barca, a music festival for Celtic- inspired music, which is accompanied by an alternative market , including international folk dance performances , stands, and acupuncture , yoga , Reiki and various massage offers . Musicians announced in 2013 include Irish violinist Niamh Ni Charra and pianist and bagpipe player Cristina Pato from Galicia .

administration

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The Ponte da Barca district borders on Spain to the east . The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Arcos de Valdevez , Terras de Bouro , Vila Verde and Ponte de Lima .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 25 to 17.

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Ponte da Barca district:

Ponte da Barca district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Azias 377 8.44 45 160601
Boivães 289 3.53 82 160602
Bravães 629 4.17 151 160603
Britelo 485 12.90 38 160604
Crasto, Ruivos e Grovelas 882 9.92 89 160626
Cuide de Vila Verde 344 3.82 90 160606
Entre Ambos-os-Rios, Ermida e Germil 612 38.67 16 160627
Lavradas 875 6.76 130 160611
Lindoso 427 46.03 9 160612
Nogueira 410 1.99 206 160613
Oleiros 466 3.41 137 160614
Ponte da Barca, Vila Nova de Muía e Paço Vedro de Magalhães 4,372 8.84 495 160628
Sampriz 342 6.56 52 160619
Touvedo (São Lourenço e Salvador) 377 6.09 62 160629
Vade (S. Pedro) 264 2.65 99 160623
Vade (S. Tomé) 287 1.57 183 160624
Vila Chã (São João Baptista e Santiago) 623 16.76 37 160630
Ponte da Barca district 12,061 182.11 66 1606
Street in Ponte da Barca decorated for the city festival on August 24th (2004)

Population development

Population in Ponte da Barca county (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
10,543 9488 12,962 13,634 16,265 13,999 13,142 12,909 12,061

Municipal holiday

  • August 24th

Town twinning

economy

The district is dominated by agriculture, livestock farming is one of the focal points. The local wine is known, especially the Vinho Verde . The industry is mainly represented here with wood processing companies and companies in the food industry, dairy products in particular.

traffic

Ponte da Barca is the end of the A27 motorway coming from Viana do Castelo . The national road N101 crosses the village and connects to the A27.

Various private bus companies offer regional and national bus connections.

Sons and daughters

gallery

  • Some impressions from the communities of Ponte da Barca

  • Church in Lindoso

  • Espigueiros in Lindoso - ancient granaries on stilts - the landmarks of northern Portugal

  • Castelo do Lindoso

  • Gate with drawbridge to Castelo do Lindoso

  • Reservoir of the Rio Lima near Lindoso, view from the Castelo in north direction. In the mountains: the Spanish border town of Olelas

  • Passage of the Rio Lima at the dam at Parada

  • Igreja do Sao Salvador (Bravães)

  • West portal of the Igreja do São Salvador (Bravães)

  • Bell tower of the Igreja do São Salvador (Bravães)

Web links

Commons : Ponte da Barca  - 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. ↑ Entry of the place in the online lexicon "Infopédia" of the Porto Editora , accessed on March 5, 2013
  4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under “Cronologia”), accessed on March 5, 2013
  5. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 205 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
  6. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed March 5, 2013
  7. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on March 5, 2013
  8. ↑ ditto
  9. ↑ www.cmpb.pt , accessed March 5, 2013
  10. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed March 5, 2013
  11. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  12. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed March 5, 2013
  13. ↑ Ponte da Barca entry in the online lexicon "Infopédia" of the Porto Editora , accessed on March 5, 2013
  14. ↑ www.cmpb.pt (PDF; 17 kB), accessed on March 5, 2013