Ucanha

Ucanha
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Douro
District :	Viseu
Concelho :	Tarouca
Coordinates :	41 ° 3 ′ N , 7 ° 45 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 3 ′ N , 7 ° 45 ′ W
Residents:	406 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	5.39 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	75 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	3610-175
politics
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Ucanha ; Ucanha ; 3610-175 Ucanha

Ucanha is a former community ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Tarouca . It has 406 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The historic town center is a listed building as a whole. The most striking architectural monument of the place is the tower from the 12th century, on the medieval bridge over the river Varosa , a left tributary of the Douro .

Ucanha Bridge and Tower

history

Portugal's first king D. Afonso Henriques bequeathed the area to the knight Paio Cortês in 1146. In the deed of donation, Ucanha was mentioned as the oldest place in the area. It remained a vila (small town with administrative rights) and seat of a district until the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the subsequent Miguelistenkrieg . Ucanha became a parish of Mondim County in 1836 , only to become a parish of Tarouca County after the county was dissolved in 1898.

On September 29, 2013, the municipality of Ucanha was merged with the municipality of Gouviães to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Gouviães e Ucanha as part of the administrative reorganization . The headquarters of the new municipality became Gouviães.