Sao Mamede de Infesta
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Porto metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | postage | |||||
| Concelho : | Matosinhos | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 11 ′ N , 8 ° 37 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 23,140 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 5 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 4628 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | António Moutinho Mendes | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de São Mamede de Infesta Rua Silva Brinco, s / n 4465-268 S. Mamede de Infesta |
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São Mamede de Infesta is a city and former municipality in northern Portugal . It is part of the Porto metropolitan area .
history
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The place already existed at the time of the Roman occupation , the Roman road from Olisipo (Lisbon) to Porto and further into the Gerês Mountains leads here.
It is possible that São Mamede was re-founded in the course of the medieval Reconquista . The place was documented for the first time in modern times as S.Mamede in the royal registers from 1258.
São Mamede de Infesta was elevated to a city ( Cidade ) on May 17, 2001 . It remained an independent municipality until the territorial reform in 2013 and has been part of the municipality of São Mamede de Infesta e Senhora da Hora ever since .
administration
São Mamede de Infesta was an independent municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Matosinhos in the Porto district . In the former municipality, 23,140 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) live on 5 km².
The municipality consisted only of the place of the same name, which is located in the closed built-up area of the Porto metropolitan area.
In the course of the regional reform in Portugal on September 29, 2013 , the municipality was merged with Senhora da Hora to form the new municipality União das Freguesias de São Mamede de Infesta e Senhora da Hora . São Mamede de Infesta became the seat of the municipality, the former municipal administration in Senhora da Hora continued to exist as a citizens' office.
economy
Among the companies in the city area, the EFACEC should be mentioned in particular . The electrical company, founded in 1948, is a leading manufacturer of solutions for substations , electromobility and automation technology; it also manufactures transformers, generators, motors and turbines. Efacec generates around three quarters of its sales abroad.
Web links
- Profile of São Mamede de Infesta in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ History of the city ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the municipality's website, accessed November 21, 2016
- ↑ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 15, 2016
