Roriz (Santo Tirso)

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Roriz
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Roriz (Portugal)
Roriz
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Porto metropolitan area
District : postage
Concelho : Santo Tirso
Coordinates : 41 ° 21 ′  N , 8 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 21 ′  N , 8 ° 23 ′  W
Residents: 3665 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 6.17 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 594 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4795-333
politics
Mayor : António Moisés de Araújo Andrade ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Roriz
Rua da Ribeira, nº49
4795-333 Roriz
Website: www.jf-roriz.pt

Roriz is a small town and a municipality in Portugal .

history

A monastery was built here in the first half of the 11th century, possibly on the basis of an earlier monastery that already existed here. The current place goes back to this monastery.

Until the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , Roriz was a separate administrative district. After the Miguelistenkrieg , the district was dissolved in 1836 and has been a municipality in the Santo Tirso district ever since.

On April 6, 2011, Roriz was given the status of a small town ( Vila ) by a unanimous decision of the Parliament, the Assembleia da República .

Attractions

Roriz is mainly by two Benedictine - monasteries marked. The Mosteiro der Roriz and the Mosteiro de Singeverga .

There are also the following sights:

administration

Roriz is a municipality ( freguesia ) of the district ( concelho ) of Santo Tirso in the district of Porto . 3665 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) live in the municipality on an area of 6.2 km².

economy

Historically, the municipality is strongly characterized by agriculture. Since the 1960s the textile industry became the most important branch of the community and its surroundings. As a result, agriculture has lost much of its importance and is now only operated as a sideline. In contrast, viticulture has grown significantly since the middle of the 20th century and is now the most important regional economic factor alongside the textile industry.

Sara Moreira at the 2010 European Athletics Championships

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ^ The municipality of Roriz on the website of the district administration, accessed on December 12, 2013
  4. ^ Rough economic profile of the municipality on the municipal administration website, accessed on December 12, 2013