Valpaços

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Valpaços
coat of arms map
Valpaços coat of arms
Valpaços (Portugal)
Valpaços
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Alto Tâmega
District : Vila Real
Concelho : Valpaços
Coordinates : 41 ° 36 ′  N , 7 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 36 ′  N , 7 ° 19 ′  W
Residents: 4544 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 33.67 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 135 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor : José Manuel Mimoso Cardoso ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Valpaços
Av. Dr. Francisco S Carneiro
5430-423 Valpaços
Valpaços district
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Flag of Valpaços Position of the district of Valpaços
Residents: 16,882 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 548.74 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 31 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 25th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Valpaços
Largo do Jardim
5430-469 Valpaços
President of the Câmara Municipal: António Joaquim de Medeiros ( PSD )
Website: www.valpacos.pt

Valpaços is a Portuguese city ( Cidade ) in northern Portugal with 4544 inhabitants. (As of June 30, 2011) .

The main church ( Igreja Matriz ) of Valpaços

history

The place was created in the course of the repopulation after the conclusion of the Reconquista and the consolidation of the Kingdom of Portugal, which has been independent since 1139 . It was first known as Paços and got its current name over time. Presumably due to its location on a hill, the name Vale do Paço ( Portuguese for: Valley of Paço) developed into the place name known today.

The district of Valpaços was established in 1836, in the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the subsequent Miguelistenkrieg . The so newly combined municipalities with the new district town Valpaços previously belonged to the district of Chaves .

Valpaços was promoted to Vila (small town) in 1861 and Cidade (town) in 1999 .

administration

The town hall ( Câmara Municipal ) of Valpaços

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Valpaços is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Vila Real district . On June 30, 2011, the district had 16,882 inhabitants on an area of ​​548.7 km².

The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Chaves , Vinhais , Mirandela , Murça and Vila Pouca de Aguiar .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged to form new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 31 to 25.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Valpaços district:

Valpaços district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Água Revés e Crasto 342 18.99 18th 171201
Algeriz 570 20.91 27 171203
Bouçoães 419 25.99 16 171205
Canaveses 237 12.87 18th 171206
Carrazedo de Montenegro e Curros 1,780 49.83 36 171232
Ervões 636 21.85 29 171209
Fornos do Pinhal 320 10.40 31 171211
Friões 619 28.16 22nd 171212
Lebução, Fiães e Nozelos 784 29.71 26th 171233
Padrela e Tazem 359 23.12 16 171215
Possacos 446 13.09 34 171216
Rio Torto 362 30.69 12 171217
Santa Maria de Emeres 406 16.57 24 171219
Santa Valha 415 27.24 15th 171220
Santiago da Ribeira de Alhariz 603 21.61 28 171221
São João da Corveira 537 15.84 34 171222
Sao Pedro de Veiga de Lila 304 19.38 16 171223
Serapicos 246 7.17 34 171224
Sonim e Barreiros 450 17.79 25th 171234
Tinhela e Alvarelhos 333 28.22 12 171235
Vales 257 22.50 11 171227
Valpaços e Sanfins 4,752 39.15 121 171236
Vassal 460 13.14 35 171229
Veiga de Lila 261 14.36 18th 171230
Vilarandelo 984 20.16 49 171231
Valpaços district 16,882 548.74 31 1712

Population development

Population in Valpaços County (1849–2011)
1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
7437 25.179 26,050 33,984 26,066 22,586 19,512 16,882

Municipal holiday

  • November 6th

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras . 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 267 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
  5. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on October 5, 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 October 5, 2013