Vilar de Cunhas
| Vilar de Cunhas | ||||||
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| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Ave | |||||
| District : | Braga | |||||
| Concelho : | Cabeceiras de Basto | |||||
| Freguesia : | União das Freguesias de Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 34 ′ N , 7 ° 51 ′ W | |||||
Vilar de Cunhas is a place and a former municipality ( freguesia ) in northern Portugal .
The village of Uz belonged to the territory of the municipality of Vilar de Cunhas and gained some fame after 2014 through the documentary film Volta à Terra .
history
Livestock and agriculture have been practiced here for thousands of years.
The listed parish church Igreja de São Lourenço was built in the 16th century.
With the territorial reform of 2013 , the independent municipality of Vilar de Cunhas was dissolved and merged with Gondiães .
administration
Vilar de Cunhas was the seat of a parish of the same name Freguesia in the district ( concelho ) of Cabeceiras de Basto in the Braga district . The community had an area of 19.9 km² and 194 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
Three places belonged to the municipality:
- Cunhas
- Vilar de Cunhas
- Uz
As part of the territorial reform of September 29, 2013 , the municipalities of Vilar de Cunhas and Gondiães were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas .
economy
Traditionally, livestock (cattle, goats) and agriculture (including maize) are important here. Viticulture is also practiced.
The community is badly affected by emigration. Since the 1960s in particular, people have emigrated from here to Central Europe, for example to France and Luxembourg.
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Vilar de Cunhas at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Information on Vilar de Cunhas and Gondiães. cabeceirasdebasto.pt, accessed April 7, 2017 (Portuguese).
- Vilar de Cunhas page on Facebook
- Entry for Vilar de Cunhas in the Mapas de Portugal
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on Vilar de Cunha on the district administration's website, accessed on April 7, 2017
- ^ Entry of the parish church of Vilar de Cunhas in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on April 7, 2017
- ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014
- ↑ Entry of a winery in the municipality of Vilar de Cunhas at www.zoomvino.de, accessed on April 7, 2017