Trancoso (Portugal)

Trancoso
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Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District :	Guarda
Concelho :	Trancoso
Coordinates :	40 ° 47 ′  N , 7 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 47 ′  N , 7 ° 21 ′  W
Residents:	9878 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	361.51 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km²
Trancoso district
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Residents:	9878 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	361.51 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	21st
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Trancoso Praça do Municipio 6420-107 Trancoso
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Julio José Saraiva Sarmento - ( PSD )
Website:	www.cm-trancoso.pt

Trancoso is a city ( Cidade ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 9878 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). Trancoso is one of the twelve historical villages, the Aldeias Históricas de Portugal , and is part of the nationwide route of historical Jewish places, the Rede de Judiarias .

View of Trancoso and the surrounding area

history

Celtic Lusitans settled here before the Romans occupied the area from the 1st century onwards . In 711 the Moors conquered the place and strengthened its fortifications. Between 811 and 1160, at least nine battles were fought for the possession of Trancoso. For the first time the place received city rights ( Foral ) from Dom Afonso Henriques , who in 1160 finally conquered the place from the Arabs. City rights were confirmed by King D. Afonso II in 1207 , by King D. João I in 1391 , and by King D. Manuel I in 1510 .

The shoemaker and folk poet Gonçalo Anes Bandarra (1500–1556), who became known as a fortune teller in Portugal, came from here.

In the historic center of Trancoso

Since 2000, Trancoso has been one of the twelve protected locations in Portugal as Aldeias Históricas de Portugal (German: Historic Villages of Portugal). In 2004 the previous Vila (small town) was elevated to a Cidade (city).

In memory of its Jewish community, which was particularly important in the 14th and 15th centuries, Trancoso was included in the Route of Traditional Jewish Places in Portugal ( Rede de Judiarias ) founded in 2011.

administration

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Trancoso is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Mêda , Pinhel , Celorico da Beira , Fornos de Algodres , Aguiar da Beira , Sernancelhe and Penedono .

The actual urban area of ​​Trancoso is formed from the two local parishes São Pedro and Santa Maria. The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Trancoso district:

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged to form new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 29 to 21.

Trancoso district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Aldeia Nova	332	26.81	12	091301
Castanheira	194	9.99	19th	091303
Cogula	195	4.64	42	091304
Cótimos	220	13.48	16	091305
Fiães	273	9.62	28	091307
Naughty e Torres	593	23.85	25th	091330
Granja	151	9.25	16	091309
Guilheiro	184	13.68	13	091310
Moimentinha	229	6.67	34	091311
Moreira de Rei	508	32.93	15th	091312
Palhais	196	4.32	45	091313
Póvoa do Concelho	276	10.83	25th	091314
Reboleiro	324	4.49	72	091315
Rio de Mel	323	23.36	14th	091316
Tamanhos	250	8.32	30th	091321
Torre do Terrenho, Sebadelhe da Serra e Terrenho	401	29.39	14th	091331
Trancoso e Souto Maior	3,420	58.04	59	091332
Valdujo	185	15.31	12	091325
Vale do Seixo e Vila Garcia	245	20.35	12	091333
Vila Franca das Naves e Feital	1,030	16.04	64	091334
Vilares e Carnicães	349	20.14	17th	091335
Trancoso district	9,878	361.51	27	0913

Population development

Population in Trancoso County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004	2011
10,349	13,910	17,966	17.602	18,224	13,099	11,484	10,889	10,639	9,878

Municipal holiday

• 25. May

Town twinning

•  Portugal : Castelo de Vide

traffic

The station of the municipality of Vila Franca das Naves is a stop on the Linha da Beira Alta railway line .

Bandarra's monument in Trancoso

Trancoso is integrated into the national bus network of Rede Expressos .

The city lies on the national road N226, which crosses 4 km southeast of the four-lane expressway IP2 (here also European route 802), which in turn meets the motorway A25 (here also European route 80 ) 14 km south .

sons and daughters of the town

• Gonçalo Anes Bandarra (1500–1556), shoemaker and poet, is considered the Portuguese nostradamus
• Eduarda Lapa (1895–1976), painter
• Fausto Bordalo Dias (* 1948 in Vila Franca das Naves), musician
• Albuquerque Mendes (* 1953), painter and performance artist

Web links

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

• Site of the city of Trancoso , Portuguese, accessed October 13, 2011

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. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ http://whois.domaintools.com/cm-trancoso.pt
4. ^ Margarida Magalhães Ramalho: Aldeias Históricas. 1st edition, Edições Inapa, Lisbon 2006, page 57ff
5. ↑ www.redejudiariasportugal.com , accessed January 26, 2013
6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
7. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on July 26, 2013