Vila Franca (Viana do Castelo)
Vila Franca | ||||||
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Norte | |||||
Sub-region : | Alto Minho | |||||
District : | Viana do Castelo | |||||
Concelho : | Viana do Castelo | |||||
Coordinates : | 41 ° 41 ′ N , 8 ° 44 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 1757 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 7.15 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 246 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 4935-702 | |||||
politics | ||||||
Mayor : | João Paulo Rocha Carvalhido | |||||
Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Vila Franca Largo Souto da Barrosa, 123 4935-702 Vila Franca |
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Website: | www.jf-vilafranca.com |
Vila Franca is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the northern Portuguese district of Viana do Castelo in the Minho-Lima sub-region . 1757 inhabitants live in it (as of June 30, 2011).
history
A fortified settlement of the Castro culture existed here when the Romans settled from the 2nd century BC. BC settled here. The name has not been passed down, but it was known as Ceguelos when a church in honor of the Archangel Michael ( Portuguese: São Miguel) was built here in the 12th century AD . In the further course of the 12th century the place known from then on as Villa Franca was created . In the royal surveys of 1220, 1258 and 1290 it was listed as the seat of the municipality of São Miguel de Figueiredo . In 1528 the names Vila Franca and São Miguel de Figueiredo were already used synonymously before the municipality was later referred to as Vila Franca .
Sons and daughters of the church
- José Inácio Faria (* 1962), lawyer and politician, MEP since 2014
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Vila Franca at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Junta de Freguesia de Vila Franca ( pt ) www.cm-viana-castelo.pt. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
- Official website of the local government
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ History Vila Franca on the community site , accessed on June 1, 2014