Sever do Vouga
Sever do Vouga | ||||||
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Centro | |||||
Sub-region : | Aveiro Region | |||||
District : | Aveiro | |||||
Concelho : | Sever do Vouga | |||||
Coordinates : | 40 ° 44 ′ N , 8 ° 22 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 2777 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 11.58 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 240 inhabitants per km² | |||||
politics | ||||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Sever do Vouga R. Igreja Sever do Vouga 3740-264 Sever do Vouga |
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Sever do Vouga county | ||||||
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Residents: | 12,356 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 129.87 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 95 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Number of municipalities : | 7th | |||||
administration | ||||||
Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Sever do Vouga Largo do Município 3740-262 Sever do Vouga |
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President of the Câmara Municipal: | Dr. Manuel da Silva Soares ( PS ) | |||||
Website: | www.cm-sever.pt |
Sever do Vouga is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal with 2777 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
The area of today's district was inhabited at least since the Bronze Age. A Roman road ran here since the 2nd century. After the invasion of the Visigoths and the Swabians in the Roman province of Lusitania (here the family of Count Severi was Portuguese : Conde de Severi ) down, a brother of the Visigoth Theodoric II. To his Villa evolved n since the early 5th century. Today's place and the place name Sever , with the addition of the Rio Vouga flowing through here . The Count's house is said to have stood where the town's main church is today. King Manuel I granted Sever do Vouga city rights ( Foral ) in 1514 .
administration
The circle
Sever do Vouga is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Vale de Cambra , Oliveira de Frades , Águeda , Albergaria-a-Velha and Oliveira de Azeméis .
With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from nine to seven.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Sever do Vouga County:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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Cedrim e Paradela | 1,554 | 18.37 | 85 | 011710 |
Couto de Esteves | 890 | 16.42 | 54 | 011702 |
Pessegueiro do Vouga | 1,852 | 15.85 | 117 | 011704 |
Rocas do Vouga | 1,778 | 14.82 | 120 | 011705 |
Sever do Vouga | 2,777 | 11.58 | 240 | 011706 |
Silva Escura e Dornelas | 2,318 | 24.19 | 96 | 011711 |
Talhadas | 1,187 | 28.64 | 41 | 011708 |
Sever do Vouga county | 12,356 | 129.87 | 95 | 0117 |
Population development
Population in Sever do Vouga County (1801–2011) | |||||||||
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1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | |
4454 | 6394 | 9002 | 12,038 | 14,077 | 13,783 | 13,826 | 13,186 | 12,347 |
Municipal holiday
- 21st September
Town twinning
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Sever do Vouga at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, page 242f ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
- ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed January 31, 2013
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on January 31, 2013