Vila Pouca de Aguiar

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Vila Pouca de Aguiar
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Coat of arms of Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Vila Pouca de Aguiar (Portugal)
Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Alto Tâmega
District : Vila Real
Concelho : Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Coordinates : 41 ° 30 ′  N , 7 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′  N , 7 ° 39 ′  W
Residents: 3303 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 22.91 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 144 inhabitants per km²
Vila Pouca de Aguiar district
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Flag of Vila Pouca de Aguiar Location of the district of Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Residents: 13,187 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 437.08 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 30 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 14th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Rua Henrique Botelho
5450-027 Vila Pouca de Aguiar
President of the Câmara Municipal: Domingos Manuel Pinto Batista slides
Website: www.cm-vpaguiar.pt

Vila Pouca de Aguiar is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 3303 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Place in the historic town center

history

In the castle of Aguiar

Archaeological excavations and finds of megalithic systems prove the prehistoric settlement. The Romans settled here because of the ore deposits, especially gold, but they also mined lead and silver here. After the invasion of Germanic tribes, Visigoths settled here , who were driven out by the Moors from the early 8th century .

In the course of the Reconquista and the independence of the Kingdom of Portugal from 1139, the Aguiar da Pena district was formed, to which Vila Pouca de Aguiar belonged. The name was probably derived from the Roman town of Cauca , to which the appendix de Aguiar was added to delimit it, as belonging to Aguiar da Pena.

King Manuel I renewed the city rights ( Foral ) of Aguiar da Pena in 1515 , to whose district Vila Pouca de Aguiar still belonged. The district was dissolved in the course of the administrative reforms of 1836–1855, and independent districts were newly formed. The Vila Pouca de Aguiar, which had recently become independent, was also significantly expanded.

Culture and sights

The Municipal Museum ( Museu Municipal ), in the historic Casa do Condado

Various archaeological excavations can be visited in the district, including the Roman gold mine of Trêsminas , and megalithic sites , here called Antas and Mámoas . The ruins of the medieval castle ( Castelo de Pena de Aguiar ), which the Visigoths built in the 9th century on the remains of a hill fort of the Castro culture , can also be visited, a visitor center has been set up there.

The local monuments include historical public buildings, the two modernist cinemas, a stone fountain, and various sacred buildings , including the Mannerist - Baroque parish church Igreja Paroquial de Vila Pouca de Aguiar (also Igreja do Cemitério ), which was built in 1704 . a. Altar retable made of gilded wood ( Talha dourada ) conceals. The historic town center as a whole is also a listed building.

The Pedras Salgadas thermal baths are located in the municipality of Bornes de Aguiar , and their mineral water is sold nationally and internationally.

administration

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Coat of arms of the Vila Pouca de Aguiar County Vila Pouca de Aguiar is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Chaves , Valpaços , Murça , Alijó , Sabrosa , Vila Real , Ribeira de Pena and Boticas .

The Pedras Salgadas thermal spring in Bornes municipality

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Vila Pouca de Aguiar district:

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 17 to 14.

Vila Pouca de Aguiar district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Alfarela de Jales 401 13.75 29 171302
Alvão 875 53.07 16 171319
Bornes de Aguiar 2,057 45.43 45 171303
Bragado 544 26.13 21st 171304
Capeludos 440 21.42 21st 171305
Pensalvos e Parada de Monteiros 350 47.17 7th 171320
Sabroso de Aguiar 684 8.77 78 171317
Soutelo de Aguiar 638 17.37 37 171310
Teloes 1,485 45.22 33 171311
Tresminas 415 55.92 7th 171312
Valoura 376 14.91 25th 171313
Vila Pouca de Aguiar 3,303 22.91 144 171314
Vreia de Bornes 652 17.73 37 171315
Vreia de Jales 967 47.28 20th 171316
Vila Pouca de Aguiar district 13,187 437.08 30th 1713

Population development

Population in the district of Vila Pouca de Aguiar (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
8171 10,408 16,047 18,108 25,394 20.121 17,081 14,998 13,187

Municipal holiday

  • June 22

Town twinning

Sons and daughters

Gerald von Braga , canonized Archbishop of Braga, died here in 1109, in the Bornes parish.

Web links

Commons : Vila Pouca de Aguiar  - 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. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 281 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
  5. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on February 24, 2013
  6. ↑ ditto
  7. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 24, 2013
  8. ↑ ditto
  9. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  10. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on February 24, 2013