Urrô (Arouca)
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Porto metropolitan area | |||||
| District : | Aveiro | |||||
| Concelho : | Arouca | |||||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 56 ′ N , 8 ° 18 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1029 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 10.79 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 95 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 4540-643 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Carla Sofia de Jesus Martins | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Urrô Casal Maria 4540-643 Urrô |
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| Website: | www.jf-urro.webnode.pt | |||||
Urrô is a town and municipality in Portugal .
history
Settlement since the Castro culture is documented by finds, in particular at the archaeological site of Coto do Muro , with the two places Lugar da Cividade and Lugar de Campo de Abade .
The present-day town was probably created during the Reconquista , as a settlement within the lands of the Arouca monastery, founded in the 10th century . As São Miguel de Urrô , it had been a separate municipality since at least 1554. The listed parish church Igreja de São Miguel dates from this time.
administration
Urrô is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Arouca , in the Aveiro district . 1029 inhabitants live in it on an area of 11 km² (as of June 30, 2011).
The following places are in the municipality of Urrô:
- Lourosa de Matos
- Merujal
- Nogueiró
- Souto Redondo
- Urrô
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ Entry of the Urrô parish church in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA , accessed on May 16, 2015
- ↑ Portrait of the municipality on the website of the Urrô municipal administration, accessed on May 16, 2015
