Terroso
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| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Porto metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | postage | |||||
| Concelho : | Póvoa de Varzim | |||||
| Freguesia : | União das Freguesias de Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 25 ′ N , 8 ° 44 ′ W | |||||
Terroso is a place and a former municipality in northern Portugal . The place is known for its Iron Age site, the Cividade de Terroso .
history
The settlement of Cividade de Terroso from the Castro culture
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The Mamoa de Sejães and other Mamoas and Antas are evidence of a prehistoric settlement in the municipality. The local settlement from the Castro culture was after the arrival of the Romans from the 5th century BC. Romanized BC .
The oldest document of the village dates back to 953 AD.
In the 17th century, the Aqueduto de Santa Clara , an aqueduct with 999 arches, led the water from here to the Santa Clara Monastery in Vila do Conde .
Until the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , Terroso was a municipality in the Barcelos district , and has since belonged to Póvoa de Varzim.
With the municipal reorganization in 2013 , the municipalities of Terroso, Aver-o-Mar and Amorim were dissolved and merged to form the new municipality of Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso .
administration
Terroso was a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Póvoa de Varzim in the district of Porto . The community had an area of 6.7 km² and 2527 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
The following localities are in the area of the former municipality:
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With the territorial reform in Portugal on September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Terroso, Aver-o-Mar and Amorim were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso . Aver-o-Mar became the seat of the new municipality, while the former municipal administration in Terroso remained as a citizens' office.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Terroso at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry of the Cividade de Terroso in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on February 19, 2016
- ↑ Information about Terroso on the page about the new municipality of Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso on the website of the Póvoa de Varzim district administration, accessed on February 19, 2016
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014