Soalhães

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Soalhães
coat of arms map
Soalhães Coat of Arms
Soalhães (Portugal)
Soalhães
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Tâmega e Sousa
District : postage
Concelho : Marco de Canaveses
Coordinates : 41 ° 10 ′  N , 8 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 10 ′  N , 8 ° 6 ′  W
Residents: 3682 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 24.06 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 153 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4630-609
politics
Mayor : Cristina Lasalte Cardoso Vieira ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Soalhães
Avenida Igreja, nº 114
4630-609 Soalhães

Soalhães [ soɐ'ʎɐĩʃ ] is a small town ( Vila ) and a municipality in Portugal .

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement. Later a fortified settlement of the Castro culture existed here . According to Joseph M. Piel , however, today's place name is of Germanic origin and goes back to the time during the Visigoth Empire . In the 11th century there was a monastery here, which was dissolved by King D. Sancho II before 1245 and was only listed as a simple parish church in the royal surveys of 1258.

King D. Manuel I gave Soalhães first city rights in 1514. It had already become a separate circle in the 13th century. In the course of the various administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the subsequent Miguelistenkrieg , the district was dissolved in 1853 and incorporated as a municipality into the Marco de Canaveses district.

administration

Soalhães is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Marco de Canaveses , in the district of Porto . It has 3,682 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). It is the largest municipality in the district in terms of area and the second largest in terms of population.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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. ↑ Profile of the community Soalhães on the website of the Municipal Assembly ( Assembleia Municipal ) , accessed on April 21, 2014