Rio Torto (Gouveia)

Rio Torto
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District :	Guarda
Concelho :	Gouveia
Freguesia :	União das Freguesias de Rio Torto e Lagarinhos
Coordinates :	40 ° 31 ′ N , 7 ° 39 ′ W Coordinates: 40 ° 31 ′ N , 7 ° 39 ′ W

Rio Torto is a place and a former municipality in Portugal with 473 inhabitants (as of 2011).

history

Population development in the municipality of Rio Torto (1864–2011)

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement. The current location may have been created in the course of the settlement policy during the Christian Reconquista from the 11th century.

An independent municipality of Rio Torto in the administrative district of Gouveia was documented for the first time in the registers of 1269.

Rio Torto remained an independent municipality in the Gouveia district until it was dissolved with the administrative reorganization in 2013 and merged with Lagosinhos to form the new municipality of Rio Torto e Lagarinhos .

Population development

Population in the municipality of Rio Torto (1721–2011)
1721	1832	1864	1878	1890	1900	1911	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2011
242	306	830	860	908	1.012	1,033	1,031	869	924	922	821	729	718	579	527	463

Culture and sights

The Anta da Pedra da Orca

The megalithic complex Anta da Pedra da Orca , a Neolithic tomb ( Portuguese : Anta ), is the most famous building in the municipality and proves the prehistoric settlement.

The mansion Casa Visconde de Rio Torto was built in the 19th century and is now a registered monument .

The stone bridge Ponte de Rio Torto was built in 1613 by the builder António Francisco from Coja . It is also a listed building.

The parish church Igreja de São Domingos was probably built at the end of the 16th century, the first baptism took place here in 1602.

administration

Rio Torto was a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Gouveia , in the district of Guarda . The community had 473 inhabitants and an area of 8.55 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

The community consisted only of the place of the same name.

As part of the regional reform of September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Rio Torto and Lagarinhos were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Rio Torto e Lagarinhos . Rio Torto is the seat of this newly formed community.

Web links

Commons : Rio Torto - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry Rio Tortos in the Mapas de Portugal

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Entry on the parish church of Rio Torto (under Cronologia ) in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 20, 2018
↑ Entry of Casa Visconde de Rio Torto in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 20, 2018
↑ Entry of the Ponte de Rio Torto in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 20, 2018
↑ 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

[Igreja-1] Entry on the parish church of Rio Torto (under Cronologia ) in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 20, 2018

[2] Entry of Casa Visconde de Rio Torto in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 20, 2018

[3] Entry of the Ponte de Rio Torto in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 20, 2018

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

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