Ronfe

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Ronfe
coat of arms map
Ronfe Coat of Arms Situation map for Ronfe
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Ave
District : Braga
Concelho : Guimarães
Coordinates : 41 ° 26 ′  N , 8 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 26 ′  N , 8 ° 24 ′  W
Residents: 4462 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 5.02 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 889 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4805-437
politics
Mayor : Maria Adelaide Andrade Silva ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Ronfe
Rua de S. Tiago Edificio Valverde, Loja n.º 7
4805-437 Ronfe
Website: www.jf-ronfe.pt

Ronfe is a small town in northern Portugal .

history

The place name goes back to the incursion of Germanic tribes from the 5th century, based on the name Ranulfus, possibly an eponymous landowner. In the 8th century the place name had taken the form Rauffi . The place was officially mentioned for the first time in 1033 in a document on the district “Villa Belmit”, which consisted of Ronfe and Vermil. Since the 14th century the county was called Couto de Ronfe .

Until the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , Ronfe remained the seat of the small district, consisting of the municipalities of Ronfe, Vermil , and part of the municipality of Mogege . The district council consisted of twelve councilors, a public prosecutor or government representative, and a judge, who was also mayor. Ronfe was subordinate to Guimarães administratively and Braga militarily.

In 1834 the former district ( Couto ) was dissolved by Ronfe and incorporated as a municipality into the district of Guimarães.

In 1999, Ronfe was elevated to Vila (German: small town ).

administration

Population development in the municipality of Ronfe (1864–2011)

Ronfe is the seat of the homonymous municipality ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Guimarães in the Braga district . The municipality has an area of ​​5 km² and has 4462 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The community consists only of the small town of Ronfe and a few small country estates, mostly wineries.

economy

The most important employers in the municipality are the industrial companies, especially the textile companies located here. The traditionally important agriculture has lost much of its importance, there are still a few wineries to be mentioned . The cultivation of fruit and vegetables only plays a sideline, albeit subordinate.

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Aurora Cunha (* 1959), Olympic track and field athlete, multiple road running world champion and marathon winner

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ History Ronfes on the official website of the municipal administration (port.), Accessed on 30 October 2015
  4. ↑ portrait Ronfes on the official website of the municipal administration (port.), Accessed on 30 October 2015