Tourém

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Tourém
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Tourém (Portugal)
Tourém
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Alto Tâmega
District : Vila Real
Concelho : Montalegre
Coordinates : 41 ° 55 ′  N , 7 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 55 ′  N , 7 ° 53 ′  W
Residents: 151 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 17.03 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 8.9 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 5470-490
politics
Mayor : Paulo Jorge Dias Barroso ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Tourém
Rua do Carvalho, n.º 7
5470-490 Tourém
Website: www.tourem.freguesia.org

Tourém is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Montalegre . 151 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).

The village of Tourém on the Salas River

history

The current location was officially mentioned for the first time in 1065 , in a deed of donation to the Celanova Monastery. The town received its first town charter ( Foral ) from King Sancho I in 1211 .

Culture and sights

Tourém is located on the northern edge of the Peneda-Gerês National Park . In the village there is a branch of the ecological museum Ecomuseu de Barroso from Montalegre, which deals with smuggling, political refugees, and other historical episodes of the border town. The castle ruins of the Castelo da Piconha , the old communal oven and the church of the village are further sights of the village.

administration

Tourém is the seat of a municipality of the same name. It only consists of one place.

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. www.cm-montalegre.pt ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 30, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cm-montalegre.pt