Vila Verde de Ficalho
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| Basic data | ||||||
| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Baixo Alentejo | |||||
| District : | Be yes | |||||
| Concelho : | Serpa | |||||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 57 ′ N , 7 ° 18 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 1459 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 105.39 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 14 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 7830-626 | |||||
| politics | ||||||
| Mayor : | Bento José Santana Godinho ( PCP-PEV ) | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Vila Verde de Ficalho Praça Conde Ficalho, 2 A 7830-626 Vila Verde de Ficalho |
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Vila Verde de Ficalho , often just Ficalho , is a small town and municipality in the Portuguese region of Alentejo . The municipality borders directly on Spain.
The French ethnologist Michel Giacometti came here several times to record and catalog traditional songs, including a. in the 1970s with director Alfredo Tropa for the television program Povo que Canta on the Portuguese broadcaster RTP .
The local men's choir Grupo coral "Os Arraianos de Ficalho" , founded in 1937, is also known . The choir maintains the Cante Alentejano , a traditional Alentejo style of singing that has been on the UNESCO list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity since 2014 . The Arraianos de Ficalho sang at the festivities in memory of Giacometti in Vila Verde de Ficalho 2014 .
history
Some finds prove the presence of humans since the Paleolithic . The excavations and finds from Roman times are more important. The place name may also go back to the Romans, if Ficalho actually developed from the Latin terms Finis (for end) and Callium (for path or animal path).
The present-day village was established in 1232 as part of the new settlements after the Reconquista under King D. Sancho II.
Ficalho remained the seat of its own county until the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the subsequent Miguelistenkrieg . In 1836, the Ficalho district was dissolved and its only municipality of the same name was incorporated into Serpa district.
administration
Vila Verde de Ficalho is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Serpa in the Beja district . It has an area of 105.4 km² and 1,459 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). This results in a population density of 13.8 inh / km².
The following localities are in the municipality:
- Ferradura Nova
- Herdade das Bernardas
- Monte de Santa Maria
- Vale de Ervanços
- Vila Verde de Ficalho
economy
The community is dominated by agriculture, in particular due to the olive groves in the landscape . She has always been known for her olive oil , Portuguese wine and local honey . Ficalho's coat of arms shows a honey bee and olive tree branches.
Tourism has now also played a role, albeit to a minor extent. It is mainly operated in the form of small turismo rural houses in restored courtyards or country houses that refer to the local rural traditions and are sometimes run together with sustainable agricultural projects.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Vila Verde de Ficalho at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Page on Vila Verde de Ficalho at the Serpa County Council
- Official page of the local government on Facebook
- Private blog about Vila Verde de Ficalho
- Entry to Vila Verde De Ficalho in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Michel Giacometti, Filmografia Completa, 01 book and DVD, Tradisom 2011 ( ISBN 978-972-8644185 )
- ↑ Video clip for the 77th birthday of Grupo coral "Os Arraianos de Ficalho" , video on YouTube , accessed on April 16, 2017
- ↑ Grupo Coral Os Arraianos de Vila Verde de Ficalho, Comemorar MICHEL GIACOMETTI , appearance on January 11, 2014, recorded on YouTube, accessed on April 16, 2017
- ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007 ( ISBN 978-972-4617305 ), page 282.
- ↑ Entry on Vila Verde de Ficalho on www.terrasdeportugal.com, accessed on April 15, 2017
- ↑ Website of the Turismo rural project Outeiro da Vila in Ficalho , accessed on April 16, 2017
