Tabuaço

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Tabuaço
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Tabuaço coat of arms
Tabuaço (Portugal)
Tabuaço
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Douro
District : Viseu
Concelho : Tabuaço
Coordinates : 41 ° 7 ′  N , 7 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 7 ′  N , 7 ° 34 ′  W
Residents: 1782 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 10.74 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 166 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 5120
Tabuaço district
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Flag of Tabuaço Location of the Tabuaço district
Residents: 6350 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 133.85 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 47 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 13
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Tabuaço
Rua António José de Almeida, nº 36
5120-413 Tabuaço
President of the Câmara Municipal: Dr. João Joaquim Saraiva Ribeiro ( PS )
Website: www.cm-tabuaco.pt

Tabuaço is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 1782 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). It belongs to the Alto Douro wine region . In 1756 this was the first protected wine region in the world and has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 2001 .

history

Excavations prove the prehistoric settlement. Some religious finds and the remains of a Roman road have been preserved here from the time of the Romans . In the course of the Reconquista , the place was repopulated. In 1320 the place was already an independent municipality as Tavuaço . In the 16th century it received city rights and became the seat of an independent district, which was considerably enlarged in the course of the administrative reforms of 1836–1855.

Partial view of the church in the São Pedro das Águias monastery

Culture and sights

The monuments of the district include a number of historical public buildings, estates and mansions , stone fountains and a variety of sacred buildings , including the São Pedro das Águias Monastery . The historic town center as a whole is also a listed building.

You can also visit the excavation of the Iron Age settlement Citânia da Longa a menhir , and parts of the local Roman road that have been preserved, all in the municipality of Longa .

Various signposted circular paths and hiking routes lead through the landscape of the UNESCO World Heritage Alto Douro , the oldest demarcated wine region in the world since 1756, which is particularly known for port wine .

The Museu do Imaginário Duriense (MIDU), opened in 2009, is the first of eleven planned museums dedicated to the history, traditions and myths of the Douro region .

administration

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Tabuaço is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Sabrosa , São João da Pesqueira , Sernancelhe , Moimenta da Beira and Armamar .

Landscape in Tabuaço County (near Valença do Douro)

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 17 to 13.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Tabuaço district:

Tabuaço district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Adorigo 397 9.23 43 181901
Arcos 233 7.94 29 181902
Barcos e Santa Leocádia 710 15.21 47 181918
Chavães 385 9.45 41 181904
Desejosa 175 7.49 23 181905
Granja do Tedo 214 3.77 57 181906
Longa 370 6.83 54 181908
Paradela e Granjinha 180 9.05 20th 181919
Pinheiros e Vale de Figueira 324 11.66 28 181920
Sendim 705 21.26 33 181913
Tabuaço 1,782 10.74 166 181914
Távora e Pereiro 512 11.94 43 181921
Valença do Douro 363 9.28 39 181917
Tabuaço district 6,350 133.85 47 1819

Population development

Population in Tabuaço County (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
874 3,952 9,517 9,362 11,640 8,521 7,901 6,785 6,350

Municipal holiday

  • June 24th

Town twinning

Abel Botelho

Sons and daughters

  • Abel Botelho (1855–1917), military, diplomat and writer, author of one of the first homosexual novels in Europe

Web links

Commons : Tabuaço  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ www.cm-tabuaco.pt , accessed on February 22, 2013
  5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on February 23, 2013
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  10. ↑ www.cm-tabuaco.pt , accessed on February 23, 2013
  11. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  12. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on February 22, 2013