Vila Nova de Famalicao

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Vila Nova de Famalicao
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Coat of arms of Vila Nova de Famalicão
Vila Nova de Famalicão (Portugal)
Vila Nova de Famalicao
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Cávado
District : Braga
Concelho : Vila Nova de Famalicao
Coordinates : 41 ° 25 ′  N , 8 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 25 ′  N , 8 ° 31 ′  W
Residents: 8480 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 2.2 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 3855 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4760
District of Vila Nova de Famalicão
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Flag of Vila Nova de Famalicão Location of the district of Vila Nova de Famalicão
Residents: 133,753 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 201.59 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 663 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 34
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Vila Nova de Famalicão
Praça Álvaro Marques,
4764-502 Vila Nova de Famalicão
President of the Câmara Municipal: Armindo Alves Costa ( PSD )
Website: www.cm-vnfamalicao.pt

Vila Nova de Famalicão (in everyday life mostly just Famalicão ) is a city in Portugal and it belongs to the Braga district , with 133,753 inhabitants (district, as of June 30, 2011). The renowned director Manoel de Oliveira made a documentary about the city in 1941, which he expressed his sympathy for several times.

The house of Camilo Castelo Branco , now a museum

history

Finds from the Castro culture prove a settlement before the arrival of the Romans .

Pedra Formosa by Castro de Eiras

In the course of his settlement policy, D.Sancho II re- founded the place in 1205 and gave it its first city rights. The place was as Fhamelicam to 1307 in the registers of the king D.Dinis out and dipped in 1527 for the first time as Vila Nova de Famyliquam on. He always belonged to Barcelos until Queen Maria II established the independent district of Vila Nova de Famalicão in 1835 . The place was raised to a small town ( Vila ) in 1841 .

The place experienced significant development spurts in the further course of the 19th century. The opening of the Porto to Braga road in 1851 and the arrival of the railroad in 1875 favored industrial and, subsequently, general development in the district. The opening of the Hospital da Misericórdia hospital in 1878 and the new town hall in 1881 are evidence of this. In 1863 , the writer Camilo Castelo Branco settled in the district, in the country house Quinta de S. Miguel in silk , where he shot himself in 1890 . Palace-like town houses such as the Palacete Barão da Trovisqueira were built. Several industrial companies settled down, including in 1886 the printing and publishing Minerva or 1892 , the watch factory regulators Dora . A variety of publishers, newspapers and magazines were founded, including Alvorada .

Vila Nova de Famalicão was elevated to a city (Cidade) in 1985 .

Sports

The football club FC Famalicão , founded in 1931, currently plays first-class (2019/2020 season) in the Primeira Liga . He plays his home games in the urban Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho . In the same group, the FC Famalicão meets three other clubs from the Famalicão district, so on

Other clubs in the district are the Grupo Desportivo de Ribeirão , which is based in the municipality of Ribeirão , the football club Grupo Desportivo de Joane from the municipality of Joane , founded in 1930 , the Associação Desportiva Oliveirense (AD Oliveirense) from the municipality of Santa Maria de Oliveira, the lower class playing football club Associação Desportiva Ninense from the municipality of Nine . An important swimming club is the Grupo Desportivo de Natação de Vila Nova de Famalicão .

Partial view of the historic building of the Reguladora watch factory

economy

A large number of industrial companies are active in the district, in particular the textile industry, but also food processing and the like. a. The Portuguese meat producer Primor employs around 400 people here. The Reguladora , founded in 1892, is the oldest watch factory on the Iberian Peninsula and today the only remaining watch manufacturer in the country.

In Vila Nova de Famalicão there has been a factory of the German camera manufacturer Leica with around 600 employees since the first half of the 1970s .

At the Famalicão train station

traffic

The city ​​is integrated into the country's rail network via the Linha do Minho line , and also into the suburban train network of Porto via the former Linha da Póvoa . Since 2005, the route has been integrated as the red line B of Metro do Porto into the metro network of the greater Porto area.

The national road N14 has been developed into an expressway here and bypasses the city. The A7 and A3 highways intersect at Famalicão, each with its own exit to the city.

Famalicão is part of the national bus network of Rede Expressos .

administration

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Vila Nova de Famalicão is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ). The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Braga , Guimarães , Santo Tirso , Trofa , Vila do Conde , Póvoa de Varzim and Barcelos .

At the town hall ( Câmara Municipal ) of Famalicão

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 49 to 34.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the district of Vila Nova de Famalicão:

Vieira do Minho county
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Antas e Abade de Vermoim 7,362 5.44 1,353 031250
Arnoso e Sezures 3,543 8.81 402 031251
Avidos e Lagoa 2,653 4.67 568 031252
Bairro 3,598 3.35 1,073 031204
Calls 2,231 2.49 896 031206
Carreira e Bente 2,576 3.58 720 031253
Castelões 2,021 3.53 573 031210
Cruz 1,738 4.13 421 031212
Delães 3,917 2.46 1,590 031213
Esmeriz e Cabeçudos 3,684 7.25 508 031254
Fradelos 3,914 16.80 233 031215
Gavião 3,747 4.04 927 031216
Gondifelos, Cavaloes e Outiz 4,890 16.71 293 031255
Joane 8,089 7.32 1.106 031219
Landim 2,834 4.51 628 031221
Lemenhe, Mouquim e Jesufrei 3,217 9.83 327 031256
Louro 2,250 4.98 452 031223
Lousado 4,057 5.82 697 031224
Mogege 1,943 2.87 677 031225
Nine 2,974 4.34 686 031227
Pedome 2.120 2.63 806 031230
Pousada de Saramagos 2.234 2.12 1,054 031232
Requião 3,376 7.42 455 031233
Riba de Ave 3,425 2.76 1,242 031234
Ribeirão 8,828 10.29 858 031235
Ruivães e Novais 3,012 4.55 662 031257
Oliveira 3,420 4.52 757 031239
Vale 2,081 3.60 578 031241
Oliveira 2.714 2.17 1,250 031242
Vale, Telhado e Portela 5,401 13.69 395 031259
silk 1,542 2.85 540 031258
Vermoim 2,930 4.71 622 031247
Vila Nova de Famalicão e Calendário 20,145 8.94 2,254 031260
Vilarinho das Cambas 1,366 8.41 162 031249
District of Vila Nova de Famalicão 133,753 201.59 663 0312

Population development

Population in the district of Vila Nova de Famalicão (1849–2011)
1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
27,023 33,978 43,561 79,250 106.508 114,338 127,567 133,832

Municipal holiday

  • June 13th

Town twinning

Bust of Tomás Pereiras in the municipality of São Martinho do Vale

sons and daughters of the town

Tiago Machado at the Tour de Romandie 2010

Web links

Commons : Vila Nova de Famalicão  - 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. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  4. ↑ History page on the district website , accessed September 11, 2013
  5. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on August 27, 2013
  6. ^ Spiegel Online, April 26, 2012, accessed on April 26, 2012
  7. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  8. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on September 11, 2013