Várzea (Arouca)

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Várzea
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Várzea (Portugal)
Várzea
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Porto metropolitan area
District : Aveiro
Concelho : Arouca
Coordinates : 40 ° 55 ′  N , 8 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 55 ′  N , 8 ° 18 ′  W
Residents: 540 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 1.79 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 302 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4540-677
politics
Mayor : Mário Rui Rocha Brandão de Almeida ( PSD )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Várzea
Igreja
4540-677 Várzea
Website: www.varzea.aroucanet.com

Várzea is a village and municipality in Portugal .

history

Finds prove a settlement at least since the Castro culture , then Romans settled here. Excavations of a Roman country estate in Malafaia confirm its existence until the Visigothic Empire and possibly until the arrival of the Moors from 711 AD. The first officially documented mention of the place comes from a deed of purchase from 1101.

Today's parish church Igreja Paroquial de Várzea de São Salvador (also Igreja de São Roque after its patron saint ) has its origins in the 12th century, when it first functioned as a monastery of an Augustinian order.

Around 1900 the community was dissolved and Urrô was annexed to be an independent community again since the 1930s.

administration

Population development in the municipality of Várzea

Várzea is a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Arouca , in the district of Aveiro . 540 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).

A number of villages and districts make up the municipality of Várzea, including:

  • Malafaia
  • Marecos
  • Sanfins
  • Zendo

Web links

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

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. ^ History of the parish on the parish website , accessed April 25, 2015
  4. ^ Entry of the parish church in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on April 25, 2015