Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos
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Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Lezíria do Tejo
District :	Santarém
Concelho :	Salvaterra de Magos
Coordinates :	39 ° 1 ′  N , 8 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 1 ′  N , 8 ° 48 ′  W
Residents:	5455 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	33.36 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	164 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2120-100
politics
Mayor :	Manuel Joaquim Oliveira Faria Bolieiro ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Salvaterra de Magos Rua Timor Lorosae, nº 2 2120-100 Salvaterra de Magos
Website:	www.salvaterrademagos.freguesias.pt
Salvaterra de Magos county
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Residents:	22,159 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	243.94 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	91 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	4th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Salvaterra de Magos Praça da República 2120-072 Salvaterra de Magos
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Hélder Manuel Ramalho de Sousa Esménio ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-salvaterrademagos.pt

Salvaterra de Magos is a small town ( vila ) in Portugal . She is known for her traditions in falconry and bullfighting . The iron bridge Ponte Dona Amélia , built by Eiffel in 1903, is its most famous structure.

The Ponte Dona Amélia bridge

history

Finds show settlement since the Paleolithic , including tools and graves at the archaeological sites of Muge and Granho. From the Middle Stone Age, clam heaps (Port. Concheiros) were found near Ribeira de Muge and in the wetland Paúl de Magos. The later settlers of the Neolithic Age left their mark on the Ribeira do Coelheiro stream and in the Vale dos Lobos valley. From the Roman settlement period u. a. Mosaics, amphorae and a ceramic furnace.

The area of ​​today's district came under the rule of the Moors in the course of the Arab conquest from 711, who ensured some development in the fertile region, especially in agriculture. During the Christian Reconquista , the area was repopulated under King D. Dinis , and Salvaterra de Magos received its first town charter in 1295 . In the Treaty of Salvaterra de Magos, Beatrix, the daughter of the Portuguese King D. Fernando I , was married to the Castilian King Juan I de Castilla . After the death of King Ferdinand in 1383, Portugal threatened to come to Spain by succession. The revolution in Portugal in 1383 , which was decided in particular by the historic battle of Aljubarrota in 1385, brought King D. João I to the throne of the now independent Kingdom of Portugal .

King D. João III. gave Salvaterra de Magos in 1542 to his brother D. Luís, the Duke of Beja, who had a palace built here. The bullfights held here also gained some notoriety. History went down in particular on the bullfight in which the 7th Count of Arcos was killed by the bull, and whereupon the father of the dead man killed the bull. The bullfight has remained very lively in Salvaterra de Magos to this day and has a nationally known home with the bullring built in 1920 .

Salvaterra de Magos around 1900

In Salvaterra de Magos the falconry of the Portuguese kings was in the 17th and 18th centuries , many falconers from Leende , Valkenswaard and Waalre worked there . The list of names can be viewed in the Falconry Museum in Valkenswaard. Under King D. José I , the palace complex underwent some extensions and renovations. So in 1753 the opera house Real Teatro de Salvaterra was built. a. the Italian composer Davide Perez (1711–1778) worked. A number of literary figures stayed in the palace complex between 1763 and 1791. The King Assembly that Cortes , met several times in Salvaterra de Magos, in particular the time of Queen D. Maria I .

In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the following Miguelistenkrieg in 1837, by Mouzinho da Silveira (1780-1849), the adjacent district of Muge was dissolved and incorporated into the district of Salvaterra de Magos. The communities Marinhais , Glória do Ribatejo and Granho were also created through outsourcing from the municipality of Muge .

Sports

The football club Clube Desportivo Salvaterrense , founded in 1925, plays in the lower-class leagues of the district association of Santarém (as of 2013/14). He plays his home games in the 2,000-seat Campo de Jogos de Clube Desportivo Salvaterrense stadium . His futsal department plays in the Complexo Desportivo Municipal sports hall complex in the municipality of Marinhais . A regional futsal tournament was held there for the first time in January 2013.

Among the other sports clubs in the district, the Sport Clube Desportos Glória do Ribatejo in the municipality of Glória do Ribatejo should be mentioned. Founded in 1975, the football club also plays in the leagues of the Santarém district association (as of 2013/14).

administration

The circle

Salvaterra de Magos is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Santarém district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 22,159 inhabitants on an area of ​​243.9 km².

The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Almeirim , Coruche , Benavente , Azambuja and Cartaxo .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from six to four.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Salvaterra de Magos district:

Salvaterra de Magos county

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Glória do Ribatejo e Granho	4,107	84.65	49	141507
Marin sharks	6.336	37.88	167	141502
Muge	1,270	49.61	26th	141503
Salvaterra de Magos e Foros de Salvaterra	10,446	71.80	145	141508
Salvaterra de Magos county	22,159	243.94	91	1415

As part of the municipal reorganization in Portugal , the municipalities of Salvaterra de Magos and Foros de Salvaterra became the União de Freguesias de Salvaterra de Magos e Foros de Salvaterra , and the municipalities of Glória do Ribatejo and Granho became the União de Freguesias de Glória do on September 29, 2013 Ribatejo e Granho in short .

Population development

Population in the district of Salvaterra de Magos (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004	2011
1875	3436	7047	11,498	16,966	18,962	18,979	20.161	20,908	22,053

Municipal holiday

• Ascension of Christ

Town twinning

• Valkenswaard , Netherlands
• Cela , Cuanza Sul Province , Angola
• Marinha Grande , Portugal

traffic

The A13 motorway passes near Salvaterra de Magos, with its own local exit. The national road N118 also connects the place with the 10 km south running motorway A10 , junction Benavente .

Until the end of passenger traffic in 2011, the district was connected to the Linha de Vendas Novas railway line via the Marinhais and Muge stops .

The public transport in the county Salvaterra de Magos is the bus Barraqueiro ensured group.

sons and daughters of the town

• José Maria Rita de Castelo Branco (1788–1872), Count of Figueira, colonial administrator in Brazil, Miguelist
• António Roquete (1906–1995), soccer player, national goalkeeper and Olympic participant in 1928
• Gutty Sereno (born 1983), football player

Web links

Commons : Salvaterra de Magos  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Salvaterra de Magos at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website of the city administration

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. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ ^{a b} www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on January 14, 2014
5. ↑ The stadium at www.fussballzz.de , accessed on January 16, 2014
6. ↑ The tournament on the website of the city administration ( memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 16, 2014 
7. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
8. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on January 16, 2014