Soajo

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Soajo
coat of arms map
Soajo Coat of Arms
Soajo (Portugal)
Soajo
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Alto Minho
District : Viana do Castelo
Concelho : Arcos de Valdevez
Coordinates : 41 ° 52 ′  N , 8 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′  N , 8 ° 16 ′  W
Residents: 986 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 59.1 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 17 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4970-660
politics
Mayor : Manuel Gomes Capela
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Soajo
Eiró
4970-660 Soajo
Website: www.jf-soajo.com
Espigueiros, corn silo

Soajo is a small town ( vila ) and a municipality in Portugal .

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement, including rock paintings and various antas and mamoas . Soajo was first mentioned in a document in 950. In the royal surveys of 1258 it is run as an independent circle.

King D. Manuel I gave the place city rights in 1514 and elevated it to a small town (Vila). In the War of Restoration , the Soajo people supported the Portuguese troops against the Spanish forces in the fighting at Lindoso Castle in 1657.

In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the subsequent Miguelistenkrieg , the Soajo district was dissolved in 1852 and Arcos de Valdevez was incorporated.

administration

Waterfall in the Adrão River near Soajo

Soajo is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Arcos de Valdevez , in the district of Viana do Castelo . 986 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011). It is based in the locality of Eiró.

The following localities are in the municipality of Soajo:

  • Adrão
  • Aqui Del Rei
  • Bairros
  • Campo Grande
  • Caneiro
  • Carreiras
  • Costa Velha
  • Coucieiro
  • Covelo
  • Cruzeiros
  • Cunhas
  • Eira do Penedo
  • Eiró
  • Fontelas
  • Fraga da Mó
  • location
  • Paradela
  • Raposeira
  • Regadas
  • Rio Bom
  • Teso
  • Torre
  • Vale do Ninho
  • Várzea
  • Veiga
  • Vilar de Suente
  • Vilarinho das Quartas

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Soajo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. ↑ The history of the community on the community website (port.), Accessed on April 21, 2014