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 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
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
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).

View of Sever do Vouga

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 main church ( Igreja Matriz ) of Sever do Vouga

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:

Sever do Vouga county

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
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)
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

•  France : Montmagny

Web links

Commons : Sever do Vouga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Sever do Vouga at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website

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. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, page 242f ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
5. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed January 31, 2013
6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
7. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on January 31, 2013