Salto (Montalegre)
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Region : | Norte | |||||
Sub-region : | Alto Tâmega | |||||
District : | Vila Real | |||||
Concelho : | Montalegre | |||||
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 |
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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).
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:
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on December 30, 2012
- ↑ 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
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed December 30, 2012