Retorta

Retorta
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Porto metropolitan area
District :	postage
Concelho :	Vila do Conde
Freguesia :	União das Freguesias de Retorta e Tougues
Coordinates :	41 ° 21 ′ N , 8 ° 43 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 21 ′ N , 8 ° 43 ′ W

Retorta is a place and a former municipality ( Freguesia ) in northwestern Portugal .

history

A number of finds document a Roman settlement that existed here , in particular the glass finds in the municipality of Crasto.

As Santa Marinha de Retorta, the place had been the seat of an independent municipality since 1587 at the latest. This belonged to the Maia district until 1836. Since then Retorta has been part of the Vila do Conde district.

With the municipal reform in 2013 , the independent municipality of Retorta was dissolved and merged with Tougues to form the new municipality of Retorta e Tougues .

administration

Retorta 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 3.2 km² and 1167 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

As part of the regional reform on September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Retorta and Tougues were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Retorta e Tougues . Retorta became the seat of this newly formed community.

Web links

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

Map of the Freguesia Retorta at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
Profile Retortas at the Mapas de Portugal

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Information on Retorta and Tougues on the website of the Vila do Conde County Council, accessed on December 2, 2016
^ Entry of the first parish church of Retorta in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on December 2, 2016
↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014

[CM-1] Information on Retorta and Tougues on the website of the Vila do Conde County Council, accessed on December 2, 2016

[2] Entry of the first parish church of Retorta in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (under Cronologia ), accessed on December 2, 2016

[3] www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[4] Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014