Terras de Bouro

Terras de Bouro
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Cávado
District :	Braga
Concelho :	Terras de Bouro
Coordinates :	41 ° 43 ′ N , 8 ° 19 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 43 ′ N , 8 ° 19 ′ W
Residents:	7253 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	277.45 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4840
Terras de Bouro county
Residents:	7253 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	277.45 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	14th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Terras de Bouro ; Largo do Município ; 4840-100 Terras de Bouro
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Joaquim José Cracel Viana
Website:	www.cm-terrasdebouro.pt

Landscape in the Terras de Bouro district (view of the Barragem da Caniçada reservoir )

Terras de Bouro is a small town ( vila ) in Portugal with about 800 inhabitants. It is the seat of a district of the same name, which is known for its near-natural tourism, in particular for the thermal baths and hiking trails in the Peneda-Gerês National Park , and the water sports in its rivers and lakes.

history

Terras de Bouro, milestone n ° 29 on the XVIII Roman road from Bracara Augusta to Asturica Augusta

The place name goes back to the Germanic tribe of the Buri who came to the Iberian Peninsula with the Suebi in the early 5th century and settled here in the area between the Cávado and Homem rivers . The Romans had previously lived here , who built a Roman road here and frequented the thermal springs in what is now the Peneda-Gerês National Park . A significant number of Roman milestones, the miliaria, were found here. An application for the monuments to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List is in progress. The Roman road connected Bracara Augusta (now Braga , Portugal) with Asturica Augusta (now Astorga , Spain).

After the Suebi, Visigoths and other Germanic tribes subjugated the Romans from the 5th century onwards, the Moors conquered the Iberian Peninsula from 711 and also the current district area. During the Reconquista , the place was repopulated as part of the settlement policy under King D. Dinis . King D. Manuel gave Terras de Boyro town rights in 1514 . The current spelling of the place developed in the following epochs.

administration

The circle

Terras de Bouro is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Braga district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 7253 inhabitants on an area of 277.5 km².

The district borders (clockwise from the north) on Ponte da Barca , Spain , Montalegre , Vieira do Minho , Amares and Vila Verde .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 17 to 14.

The Terras de Bouro county is divided into the following communes ( Freguesias ):

Terras de Bouro county

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Balança	341	3.76	91	031001
Campo do Geres	162	68.76	2	031003
Carvalheira	386	9.05	43	031004
Chamoim e Vilar	440	12.57	35	031018
Chorense e Monte	580	20.26	29	031019
Cibões e Brufe	421	24.03	18th	031020
Covide	343	18.09	19th	031008
Gondoriz	295	7.40	40	031009
Moimenta	741	3.35	221	031010
Ribeira	242	2.25	108	031012
Rio Caldo	892	13.95	64	031013
Souto	494	4.03	123	031014
Valdosende	630	12.12	52	031015
Vilar da Veiga	1,286	77.83	17th	031017
Terras de Bouro county	7,253	277.45	26th	0310