Vouzela

Vouzela
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Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Dão-Lafoes
District :	Viseu
Concelho :	Vouzela
Coordinates :	40 ° 43 ′  N , 8 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 43 ′  N , 8 ° 7 ′  W
Residents:	1351 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	5.22 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	259 inhabitants per km²
Vouzela district
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Residents:	10,564 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	193.68 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	55 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	9
administration
Administration address:	Alameda D. Duarte de Almeida 3670-250 Vouzela
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Armindo Telmo Antunes Ferreira ( PSD )
Website:	www.cm-vouzela.pt

Vouzela is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 1351 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

View of the historic town center

history

The main church ( Igreja Matriz )

Finds and excavations prove a prehistoric settlement of the district area. In 1336 the district of Lafões , to which Vouzela belonged, received its first town charter from King D Dinis . In 1436 Vouzela became the seat of the district, replacing Vila do Banho (now São Pedro do Sul ). In the 16th century the seat returned to Vila do Banho and Lafões County was divided. In addition to the independent district of São Pedro do Sul, the independent district of Vouzela was created. After being reunited , the two districts were separated again in 1696 .

After being merged again in the meantime, the districts were finally separated in 1834 , and the district of Vouzela was significantly expanded by some municipalities that were affiliated in 1871 . The circle has existed in its current size since the last reorganization in 1973 .

administration

The circle

Vouzela is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): São Pedro do Sul , Viseu , Tondela , Águeda and Oliveira de Frades .

The town hall of Vouzela

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from twelve to nine.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Vouzela district:

Vouzela district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Alcofra	1,025	28.96	35	182401
Cambra e Carvalhal de Vermilhas	1,459	32.61	45	182413
Campia	1,542	39.27	39	182403
Fataunços e Figueiredo das Donas	1.103	12.66	87	182414
Fornelo do Monte	288	15.08	19th	182407
Queirã	1,432	23.83	60	182409
Sao Miguel do Mato	924	9.00	103	182410
Ventosa	794	18.33	43	182411
Vouzela e Paços de Vilharigues	1.997	13.94	143	182415
Vouzela district	10,564	193.68	55	1824

Population development

Population in Vouzela County (1849–2011)
1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
7,372	14,168	15.164	15,641	13,407	12,477	11,916	10,552

Steam locomotive at the disused station

Municipal holiday

• May 14th

traffic

Vouzela was connected to the nationwide railway network via its Ramal de Viseu station, and since the line was closed in 1990, the station, bridge and locomotives have been exhibited as souvenirs of the time.

The town is connected to the A25 motorway (here also E80 ) and its own exit (No. 13), 8 km away, via the N228 national road.

Vouzela is integrated into the national bus network of Rede Expressos .

The hl.Frei Gil came from Vouzela

Sons and daughters

• Frei Gil de Santarém (1190–1265), canonized monk
• João Ramalho (1493–1580), Jewish adventurer and conqueror in Brazil
• Simão Rodrigues (1510–1579), co-founder of the Jesuit order
• Amorim Girão (1895–1960), geographer, professor at the University of Coimbra
• Filinto Ramalho (1917–2001), clergyman, historian and author
• Paulo Alexandre (born 1931), singer
• Pedro Giestas (* 1972), actor and voice actor

Web links

Commons : Vouzela  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Vouzela 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 March 12, 2013
5. ^ History page of the district website , accessed March 12, 2013
6. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014