Vila Velha de Ródão

Vila Velha de Ródão
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Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Beira Baixa
District :	Castelo Branco
Concelho :	Vila Velha de Ródão
Coordinates :	39 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 40 ′  W
Residents:	1766 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	90.44 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	20 inhabitants per km²
Vila Velha de Ródão district
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Residents:	3521 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	329.91 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	11 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	4th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Vila Velha de Ródão  Rua Santana 6030-230 Vila Velha de Ródão
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Maria do Carmo Sequeira
Website:	www.cm-vvrodao.pt

Vila Velha de Ródão is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal with 1766 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The Castle King Wamba

history

Romans settled here since the 1st century AD. In the 7th century the place was part of the Visigoth Empire , a castle built here is attributed to King Wamba . In the course of the Reconquista , the local fortress on the Tagus had been a strategically important point of defense against the Moors since the 11th century .

The place belonged to a donation that King D.Sancho made to the Knights Templar in 1198 . In 1319 the area came to the order of Christ . Early 16th century, the pillory was erected in place as a sign of civic rights (obtained Foral ) by King Manuel I .

Vila Velha de Ródão was an important inland port for the region, but with the arrival of the railroad in 1885 it lost its importance as a logistical hub. The Celtejo paper mill , which opened in 1971 and later joined Portucel , became an important factor in the further development of the town .

The town's river port in the 19th century

Culture and sights

Among the monuments are historic public buildings that Paleolithic archaeological site Estação Arqueológica da Foz do Enxarrique , and various religious buildings , such as the three-nave, originally built in the 16th century, baroque - Mannerist parish church Igreja Paroquial de Vila Velha de Ródão (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição ). The historic town center is also a listed building.

The municipal library Biblioteca Municipal José Baptista Martins , which opened in 2008, offers free WiFi internet, various rooms for readings and film screenings, and cross-generational internet, photography and yoga workshops in addition to its library services . In the urban cultural center Casa de Artes e Cultura do Tejo , u. a. changing art exhibitions shown.

administration

Landscape near Vila Velha de Ródão

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Vila Velha de Ródão is the administrative seat of a district of the same name, which borders Spain in the southeast . The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Castelo Branco , Nisa , Mação and Proença-a-Nova .

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the district of Vila Velha de Ródão:

Vila Velha de Ródão district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Fratel	608	97.84	6th	051101
Perais	510	81.95	6th	051102
Sarnadas de Ródão	637	59.68	11	051103
Vila Velha de Ródão	1,766	90.44	20th	051104
Vila Velha de Ródão district	3,521	329.91	11	0511

Population development

Population in the district of Vila Velha de Ródão (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
2,665	3,975	6 633	8 753	8 039	5 605	4,960	4 098	3,521

traffic

Vila Velha de Ródão is located on the A23 motorway (Fratel exit) and has two stops on the Linha da Beira Baixa railway line, Fratel and Velha de Ródão . The place is also integrated into the national bus network of Rede Expressos .

sons and daughters of the town

• Armindo Rodrigues de Sttau Monteiro (1896–1955), politician and diplomat
• Manuel Cargaleiro (* 1927), painter and ceramic artist
• José Moura Nunes da Cruz (* 1936), judge, 2005 Chairman of the Supreme Court ( Supremo Tribunal de Justiça )
• José Nuno Martins (* 1948), TV producer, radio presenter and author

Web links

Commons : Vila Velha de Ródão  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Vila Velha de Ródão at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website

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. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on February 2, 2013
5. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on February 2, 2013
6. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on February 2, 2013
7. ↑ ditto