Valezim

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Valezim
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Valezim coat of arms
Valezim (Portugal)
Valezim
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District : Guarda
Concelho : Seia
Coordinates : 40 ° 22 ′  N , 7 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 22 ′  N , 7 ° 43 ′  W
Residents: 310 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 12.09 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 26 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 6270-621
politics
Mayor : Luís Henriques Lopes ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Valezim
S. Sebastião
6270-621 Valezim
Website: www.valezim.com

Valezim is a town and municipality in Portugal .

history

There was a Castro culture settlement here, but very little remains of it. Possibly lasted around 150 BC. Chr. Viriathus here occasionally, in the fight of the Lusitans against the advancing Romans . They probably called the place Vellcinus or Vallecinus (about "small valley"), from which the current name developed.

The present place was only created during the medieval Reconquista . Valezim received its first town charter in 1201, which was confirmed and renewed in 1514 by King D. Manuel I. He made Valezim at the same time a small administrative town ( Vila ) and the seat of a district. In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution of 1822 and the Miguelistenkrieg that followed in 1834 , the Valezim district was dissolved in 1836 and Loriga was incorporated . Since its dissolution in 1855, Valezim belongs to Seia.

A textile industry has been developing here since the beginning of the 19th century, based on local wool production. In the second half of the 19th century, however, it steadily lost its importance as technologically advanced companies emerged in other parts of the region.

Population development in the municipality of Valezim (1864–2011)

administration

Valezim is a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Seia , Guarda district . It has an area of ​​12.1 km² and 310 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

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. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, ISBN 978-9724617305 , pp. 266f
  4. ↑ Valezim website ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (under Valezim / História ), accessed on March 16, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.valezim.com