Vila Viçosa

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Vila Viçosa
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Vila Viçosa coat of arms
Vila Viçosa (Portugal)
Vila Viçosa
Basic data
Region : Alentejo
Sub-region : Alentejo Central
District : Évora
Concelho : Vila Viçosa
Coordinates : 38 ° 47 ′  N , 7 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 47 ′  N , 7 ° 25 ′  W
Residents: 8319 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 194.86 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 43 inhabitants per km²
Vila Viçosa district
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Flag of Vila Viçosa Location of the district of Vila Viçosa
Residents: 8319 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 194.86 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 43 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 4th
administration
Administration address: Câmara Municipal de Vila Viçosa
 Praça da República
7160-207 Vila Viçosa
President of the Câmara Municipal: Luís Caldeirinha Roma ( PS )
Website: www.cm-vilavicosa.pt

Vila Viçosa is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal with 8319 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). The place is known for the palace complex and for its significant marble deposits.

Facade of the palace of the de Bragança family

history

The area around Vila Viçosa was settled by the Celts and later by the Romans . The region was part of the Visigoth Empire and was later conquered by the Moors . In 1217 it came to the reconquest ( Reconquista ) and King Alfonso III. gave Vila Viçosa city rights in 1270. In the early 14th century, King Dionysius I had a castle built.

In 1461 the region came under the rule of the Bragança family . In 1507 the palace of the Bragança family was completed. When Duke João von Bragança was proclaimed King John IV of Portugal in 1640 , the Bragança family moved to Lisbon and only used the huge palace in Vila Viçosa as a summer residence. With that, Vila Viçosa lost its importance in terms of big politics.

administration

The district with its municipalities after the 2013 administrative reform

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Vila Viçosa is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ). The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Elvas , Alandroal , Redondo and Borba .

With the territorial reform in September 2013 , the municipalities of Conceição and São Bartolomeu were merged to form the new municipality of Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu . Since then, the district has consisted of the following four parishes ( Freguesias ):

Vila Viçosa district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Bencatel 1,679 36.21 46 071401
Ciladas 1,071 107.51 10 071402
Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu 5,023 33.19 151 071406
Pardais 546 17.95 30th 071404
Vila Viçosa district 8,319 194.86 43 0714

Population development

Population in Vila Viçosa County (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
5,697 5,821 7.163 8,444 9,974 8,546 9,068 8,871 8,319

Municipal holiday

  • August 16

economy

The mining of marble and its processing is the most important branch of the economy in the district. Tourism is another important economic factor. Agriculture should also be mentioned.

Florbela Espanca, before 1930

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Jessica Hallett, Nuno Senos: De Todas as Partes do Mundo. O Património do 5.º Duque de Bragança, D. Teodósio I. Tinta da China, Lisbon 2018, ISBN 978-989-671-177-1 (Portuguese).

Web links

Commons : Vila Viçosa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014