Vieira do Minho
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Ave | |||||
| District : | Braga | |||||
| Concelho : | Vieira do Minho | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 38 ′ N , 8 ° 9 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 2239 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 7.19 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 311 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 4850-521 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Alexandre Manuel Costa Marques | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Vieira do Minho Centro Comercial Alto Minho, 1º 4850-521 Vieira do Minho |
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| Vieira do Minho county | ||||||
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| Residents: | 13.001 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 216.44 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 60 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Number of municipalities : | 16 | |||||
| administration | ||||||
| Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Vieira do Minho Praça Guilherme de Abreu 4850-527 Vieira do Minho |
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| President of the Câmara Municipal: | António Cardoso Barbosa ( PSD ) | |||||
| Website: | www.cm-vminho.pt | |||||
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Vieira do Minho is a small town ( Vila ) in northern Portugal with 2239 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
history
Numerous finds prove a prehistoric settlement, including mámoas , menhirs , rock paintings and metal objects. Here was a settlement of the Castro culture when the Romans occupied the area from the 2nd century BC. Conquered. The Roman road from Bracara Augusta (today Braga ) via Chaves to Asturica Augusta (today Astorga , Spain) ran here. The Suebi conquered the area in the early 5th century, which was conquered by the Moors from 711 onwards . In the course of the following Reconquista , a castle was built on the original Castro settlement.
Thanks to its strategic location, the area was also the scene of troop marches during the Napoleonic invasions , on March 15, 1809 and then on May 17, 1809 , when the French General Soult and his army crossed the Mirzela bridge.
The independent municipality of Vieira do Minho was newly created in 1933 by assignments of territory by the municipalities of Mosteiro and Cantelães.
administration
The circle
Vieira do Minho is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Braga district . On June 30, 2011, the district had 13,001 inhabitants on an area of 216.4 km².
The neighboring districts are (starting in the north clockwise) Terras de Bouro , Montalegre , Cabeceiras de Basto , Fafe , Póvoa de Lanhoso and Amares .
With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 21 to 16.
The Vieira do Minho district is made up of the following parishes ( freguesias ):
The City Hall ( Câmara Municipal ) of Vieira do Minho
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| local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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| Anissó e Soutelo | 392 | 8.15 | 48 | 031122 |
| Anjos e Vilar do Chão | 589 | 24.99 | 24 | 031123 |
| Caniçada e Soengas | 603 | 8.99 | 67 | 031124 |
| Cantelães | 828 | 11.54 | 72 | 031105 |
| Eira Vedra | 702 | 5.59 | 126 | 031107 |
| Guilhofrei | 961 | 11.23 | 86 | 031108 |
| Louredo | 436 | 7.61 | 57 | 031109 |
| Mosteiro | 774 | 10.82 | 72 | 031110 |
| Parada do Bouro | 469 | 7.71 | 61 | 031111 |
| Pinheiro | 447 | 10.27 | 44 | 031112 |
| Rossas | 1,673 | 31.57 | 53 | 031113 |
| Ruivães e Campos | 923 | 44.03 | 21st | 031125 |
| Salamonde | 387 | 8.37 | 46 | 031115 |
| Tabuaças | 919 | 9.68 | 95 | 031118 |
| Ventosa e Cova | 659 | 8.70 | 76 | 031126 |
| Vieira do Minho | 2,239 | 7.19 | 312 | 031120 |
| Vieira do Minho county | 13.001 | 216.44 | 60 | 0311 |
Population development
| Population in Vieira do Minho County (1801–2011) | |||||||||
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| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | |
| 3953 | 13,465 | 14,904 | 15,382 | 18,920 | 17,931 | 15,775 | 14,724 | 12,858 | |
Municipal holiday
- Monday after the first Saturday of October
Town twinning
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Monapo , Mozambique
sons and daughters of the town
- António José Antunes Sobrinho (1814–1888), entrepreneur who had made his fortune in Brazil, raised to the nobility in 1885
- Bernardo António Antunes (1833–1905), entrepreneur and philanthropist who had become wealthy in Brazil, raised to the nobility in 1883
- Cipriano Ribeiro Freire (1749–1824), noble diplomat, first ambassador to Portugal in the USA, member of the government council that remained in Lisbon after the royal family fled to Rio de Janeiro in 1808
- Severino Pereira (* 1957), sculptor, best known for his glass work
- Manuel Monteiro (* 1962), lawyer and conservative politician, former chairman of the CDS-PP party , from which he resigned in 2003
- Romeu Ribeiro (* 1989), football player
- Yuri Ribeiro (born 1997), football player
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Vieira do Minho at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website of the city administration
- Vieira do Minho website
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on February 23, 2014
- ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on February 23, 2014
- ↑ history page Vieiro do Minho on the website of the city administration (port.), Accessed on February 23, 2014
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
- ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on February 23, 2014
