Vide

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Vide
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Vide (Portugal)
Vide
Basic data
Region : Centro
Sub-region : Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District : Guarda
Concelho : Seia
Coordinates : 40 ° 18 ′  N , 7 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 18 ′  N , 7 ° 47 ′  W
Residents: 584 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 47.98 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 12 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 6285-116
politics
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Vide
Rua da Estalagem
6285-116 Vide

Vide is a locality and former municipality in Portugal . Vide is located in the Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela , the natural park of the Serra da Estrela . In 2008 the Centro de Interpretação de Arte Rupestre (CIAR) was established here, an archaeological research and visitor center for the local prehistoric excavations and rock engravings.

history

Archaeological finds prove a prehistoric settlement. In particular, the rock engravings found in summer 1998 ( Ferraduras , Carvalhinhos and Fontes do Cid ) and other finds made in summer 2002 show settlement since the Paleolithic , with a focus on the Bronze Age .

The present-day villages were probably created after the Reconquista in the 12th century. Probably in the course of the administrative reforms under King D. Manuel I at the beginning of the 16th century, Vide received city rights and became the seat of an independent district. The exact date is not known as the certificate has not been preserved. In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the Miguelistenkrieg that followed in 1834 , the Vide district was dissolved in 1836 and incorporated into the Loriga district. Vide has belonged to Seia since its dissolution in 1855.

administration

Population development in the municipality (1864–2011)

Vide was a parish ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Seia . On June 30, 2011 the community had 584 inhabitants in an area of ​​48 km².

The following places are in the former municipality:

  • Abitureira
  • Baiol
  • Balocas
  • Baloquinhas
  • Barreira
  • Barriosa
  • Barroco da Malhada
  • Borracheiras
  • Carvalhinho
  • Casal do Rei
  • Casas Figueiras
  • Cide
  • Chão Cimeiro
  • Costeiras
  • Coucedeira
  • Fontes do Cide
  • Foz da Rigueira
  • Foz do Vale
  • Frádigas
  • Gondufo
  • Lamigueiras
  • Malhada das Cilhas
  • Monteiros
  • Muro
  • Obra
  • Outeiro
  • Ribeira
  • Rodeado
  • Sarnadinha
  • Silvadal
  • Vale do Cide
  • Vide

Vide was the largest municipality and the largest number of localities in Seia County. As part of the administrative reorganization in Portugal , the municipality was dissolved on September 29, 2013 and merged with Cabeça to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Vide e Cabeça . The seat of the new municipality became Vide.

Web links

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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ Information page on Vide on the website of the Seia district administration, accessed on March 7, 2015
  4. ↑ Entry of the stake in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA (see under Cronologia ), accessed on March 7, 2015
  5. ↑ Legal text (Portuguese; PDF access 2.4 MB), accessed on March 7, 2015