Miranda do Corvo

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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Miranda do Corvo is a Vila and a circle ( concelho ) in Portugal with 7598 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2011).

History

For the first time officially mentioned was the place as a fixture, which was conquered by the Arabs in 1116 and partially destroyed. D.Afonso Henriques gave the place, after its recapture during the Reconquista, the first town charter in 1136 and built the fortress again. Since the reign of D.Afonso II (1211-1223) Miranda is a self- loop ( concelho ). By incorporations, especially in the course of administrative reform mid-19th century, the county was significantly increased. Its current nickname do Corvo (German: Raven ), by changing previous name attachments, Miranda was only in the 16th century.

In the course of the fighting at the end of the Napoleonic wars in the Iberian Peninsula the place suffered in 1811 extensive damage to humans and buildings.

Management

Circle

Miranda do Corvo is the administrative seat of the homonymous district. The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Vila Nova de Poiares, Lousã, Figueiró dos Vinhos, Penela, Condeixa -a-Nova and Coimbra.

The following parishes ( freguesias ) lying in circle Miranda do Corvo:

  • Lamas
  • Miranda do Corvo
  • Rio Vide
  • Semide
  • Vila Nova

Demographics

Twin Cities

  • France France: Neufchâteau ( Vosges)
  • Cape Verde Cape Verde: Santa Catarina do Fogo ( Fogo Island ) since 2008

Sons and daughters

  • José Falcão (1841-1893), mathematician and Republican politician
  • António Arruda Ferrer Correia (1912-2003), jurist, and rector of the University of Coimbra
  • Fausto Correia de Sousa (1952-2007), politician
  • Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço (* 1987), football player
  • Tozé Marreco (* 1987), football player
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