Salto (Montalegre)

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Salto (Portugal)
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Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Alto Tâmega
District : Vila Real
Concelho : Montalegre
Coordinates : 41 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 57 ′  W
Residents: 1429 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 78.55 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 18 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 5470-430
politics
Mayor : Alberto Martins Fernandes ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Salto
Rua Central, n.º 77 1º D
5470-430 Salto
Website: www.cm-montalegre.pt/salto

Salto is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Montalegre . 1429 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).

Salto Church

history

The place was first mentioned in the late 6th century, as a Christian community under the Suebi . D.Afonso Henriques built a hostel for pilgrims in Salto in 1136 . D.Pedro I , whose episode with Inês de Castro is deeply anchored in the consciousness of the country, gave Salto to the monastery of Santa Senhorinha de Basto in 1360 .

In 1995 Salto was elevated to a vila (small town).

Culture and sights

The parish church Igreja Paroquial de Salto (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Pranto ) made of granite is a listed building.

In a small, old manor house ( Casa do Capitão ) is a branch of the ecological museum Ecomuseu de Barroso of Montalegre, which deals with the ecosystem of the Serra de Barroso , traditional handicrafts of the district, and the history of the tungsten mines in Borralha .

administration

Salto is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ). In addition to Salto, there are the following other villages:

  • Ameal
  • Amear
  • Bagulhão
  • Beços
  • Borralha
  • Caniçó
  • Carvalho
  • Corva
  • Linharelhos
  • Lodeiro de Arque
  • Paredes
  • Pereira
  • Pomar da Rainha
  • Reboreda
  • Seara
  • Tabuadela

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. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on December 30, 2012
  4. ↑ a b www.cm-montalegre.pt ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2012 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. , accessed December 30, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-montalegre.pt
  5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed December 30, 2012