Sao Pedro de Rio Seco

Sao Pedro de Rio Seco
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District :	Guarda
Concelho :	Almeida
Coordinates :	40 ° 40 ′  N , 6 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 40 ′  N , 6 ° 50 ′  W
Residents:	181 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	22.59 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	8 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6355-160
politics
Mayor :	António Joaquim Rodrigues
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de São Pedro de Rio Seco Praça Eduardo Lourenço 6355-160 São Pedro de Rio Seco
Website:	www.spedroderioseco.com

São Pedro de Rio Seco is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Almeida . 181 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Lusitanians maintained a simple settlement here, which was captured by the Romans and rebuilt a little further west. The finds of ceramics, coins, utensils, wine cellars and tombs made here date from Roman times. Documents defining ecclesiastical territorial responsibilities under King Wamba prove that the settlement continued into the Visigoth Empire in the 7th century. Not much is known about the place after the conquest of the Moors from 711 onwards .

In the course of the settlement policy after the Reconquista, documents from the reign of King Sancho II mention the community in 1222 . After the Castilian conquest in the meantime , the town charter Castelo Boms also mentioned the municipality in 1296 , which with the Treaty of Alcañices also became definitively Portuguese again and part of the district of Castelo Bom. In the course of administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the municipality was finally incorporated into the Almeida district in 1834 .

The philosopher Eduardo Lourenço, picture by Bottelho

Sons and daughters

• Eduardo Lourenço (* 1923), philosopher, literary scholar and author

Web links

• Local government website
• Website of the Rio Vivo , a civic association to preserve the environment and tradition of the place

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 page ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2013 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 community website, accessed December 6, 2013