Santo Tirso Municipality
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Santo Tirso is a municipality and city in the north of Portugal, which is very much influenced by winegrowing. In the municipality of 14,072 inhabitants (as of 30 June 2011).
History
Finds indicate a prehistoric settlement. In particular, the excavations at Monte da Assunção, but also the excavated fortress villages of the Castro culture of Monte Padrão and Santa Margarida be mentioned. The 2nd century BC Romans arrived took the villages and Romanized it.
The present town dates back to the founding of a monastery by D. UNISCO Godiniz in the year 978. 1097 was the future King D. Afonso Henriques, the area of the monastery at Soeiro Mendes da Maia before it a year later came to the Benedictine monastery of Abbot D. Gaude Miro. The area encompassed 1833, the municipalities of Santo Tirso, São Miguel do Couto and Santa Cristina do Couto. After the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the following Miguelistenkrieg 1834 all church north were dissolved and nationalized their goods. One of the monastery then became provisional administrative headquarters of the newly created district of Santo Tirso, which covered the previous area of the monastery's possessions.
In 1985, the former town ( Vila ) to the city ( Cidade ) was charged. Until 1998, Santo Tirso was one of the most populous counties in the country, to Trofa became independent by outsourcing.
Management
Circle Santo Tirso
Santo Tirso is the seat of an eponymous district ( concelho ) in the district of Porto. June 30, 2011 had the circle 71 387 inhabitants in an area of 136.6 km ².
The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Vila Nova de Famalicão, Guimarães, Vizela, Lousada Paços de Ferreira, Valongo, Maia and Trofa.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Santo Tirso:
- Agrela
- Água Longa
- Areias
- Burgães
- Carreira
- GUIMAREI
- Lama
- Lamelas
- Monte Córdova
- Palmeira
- Rebordões
- Refojos de Riba de Ave
- Reguenga
- Roriz
- Santa Cristina do Couto
- Santo Tirso
- São Mamede de Negrelos
- São Martinho do Campo
- São Miguel do Couto
- São Salvador do Campo
- São Tomé de Negrelos
- Sequeiro
- Vila das Aves
- Vilarinho
Demographics
Local holiday
Twinning
- Germany Germany: Wholesale Umstadt (since 1988)
- France France: Clichy- la- Garenne (since 1991)
- Spain: Celanova, Ourense, Galicia (since 1992)
- France France: Macon (since 1992)
- Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe: Santana ( since 1997)
- Spain: Alcázar de San Juan ( since 1997)
- Brazil Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (since 2000)
- Brazil Brazil: Nova Friburgo
- France France: Saint- Péray
Sons and daughters of the town
- Rosendo de Celanova ( 10th century ), canonized Bishop
- Albino Sousa Cruz (1869-1966), tobacco entrepreneur in Brazil
- Américo Pires de Lima (1886-1966), botanist, physician, and university teachers
- António Carneiro Pacheco (1887-1957), lawyer, university professor and politician, minister of education in the Estado Novo regime
- Roberto Macedo (1887-1977), judge, journalist and writer
- Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva (1923-2013), Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique
- Eurico de Melo (1925-2012), engineer and politician (PSD ), repeated Minister
- Hargreaves da Costa Macedo ( born 1929 ), architect
- Alberto Festa ( b. 1939 ), football player, national team at the 1966 World Cup
- Joaquim Ferreira Lopes ( b. 1949 ), Bishop of Viana ( Angola)
- Paulo de Sousa Pereira (born 1969 ), entrepreneur, architect and promoter
- José Gaspar Silva Azevedo ( born 1975 ), football player
- Tiago Moreira César Pereira ( b. 1975 ), football player
- Armindo Araújo ( born 1977 ), rally driver
- Ricardo Rocha (born 1978 ), football player
- Rui Orlando Ribeiro Santos Neto ( born 1979 ), football player
- Pedro da Silva Moutinho ( born 1979 ), football player
- Bruno Tiago ( born 1981 ), football player
- João Correia (* 1983), disabled athletes
- Sara Moreira ( born 1985 ), athlete, obstacle runner at the 2008 Olympics
- LICA (* 1988 in Lamelas ), football player
Americo Pires de Lima, bust in the Botanical Garden of Porto
Roberto Eduardo da Costa Macedo
Armindo Araújo at the Acropolis Rally 2011
João Correia at the International Meeting in Ibach ( Switzerland )
Sara Moreira at the European Athletics Championships 2010