Vilar de Ossos

Vilar de Ossos
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Terras de Trás-os-Montes
District :	Bragança
Concelho :	Vinhais
Coordinates :	41 ° 52 ′  N , 7 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′  N , 7 ° 2 ′  W
Residents:	269 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	17.7 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	15 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5320-243
politics
Mayor :	Manuel António Fernandes Martins ( PS )
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Vilar de Ossos Edifício da Junta 5320-243 Vilar de Ossos

Vilar de Ossos is a village and municipality in north-eastern Portugal , in the Trás-os-Montes region .

Culture and sights

Winter landscape near Lagarelhos in the municipality of Vilar de Ossos

The parish's architectural monuments include various sacred buildings , including the Mannerist - Baroque parish church Igreja Paroquial de Vilar de Ossos , built in 1699 , named after its patron saint St. Cyprian of Carthage also Igreja de São Cipriano .

In addition to a stone fountain, the Solar de Vilar de Ossos mansion, built at the end of the 17th century, should be mentioned in particular . It is also known as the Casa Grande de Vilar de Ossos and more specifically as the Palacete da Família Pinto de Morais Bacelar , named after the noble family Pinto de Morais Bacelar who lived here. The most famous son was General Manuel Pinto de Morais Bacelar (1741-1816), opponent of the French General Masséna in the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula .

administration

Population development in the municipality of Vilar de Ossos (1864–2011)

Vilar de Ossos is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Vinhais , in the Bragança district . It has an area of ​​18 km² and has 269 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

There are four villages in the municipality:

• Barracão das Latas (or just Barracão)
• Lagarelhos
• Vilar de Ossos (consisting of seven districts along the main street)
• Zido

Web links

Commons : Vilar de Ossos  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry for Vilar de Osso in the Mapas de Portugal

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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ Entry of the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Vilar de Ossos in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on July 8, 2016
4. ↑ Entry of the stone fountain Fonte em Vilar de Ossos in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on July 8, 2016
5. ↑ Entry by Solar de Vilar de Ossos in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on July 8, 2016