Valongo Municipality
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Valongo is a municipality and city in the Portuguese region of Norte.
History
Finds indicate a prehistoric settlement only on the higher, defensible points. In particular, the excavations in the Serra de Santa Justa following may be mentioned. Later, the residents have settled in low-lying areas to operate in the water- rich plains agriculture. With the arrival of the Romans here are more important activities to occupy. So here large quantities of gold have been mined in mines.
The present town was probably only in the course of the Reconquista. Today the district belonged in 1258 to the two administrative regions Aguiar de Sousa (municipalities Campo and Sobrado ) and Maia (municipalities of São Vicente da Queimadela, Valongo and São Lourenço de Asmes ). Water mills in the rivers and fertile soil made for a lively agricultural activity and a regionally well-known baking tradition.
Valonge witnessed heavy destruction by French troops during the Napoleonic invasions in the early 19th century and by the disputes over the Ponte Ferreira during Miguelistenkrieges between liberals and absolutists.
In the course of administrative reform by the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the civil war from 1832 to 1834 the church was raised in 1836 to Valongo headquarters of an independent circuit, and in 1837 to the small town ( Vila ). Until the 20th century, then stopped at a development of trade and industry, which was favored by the arrival of the railroad and brought further significant population growth with it. Only the municipalities of Campo and Sobrado remained predominantly agricultural. 1990 Valongo became a town ( Cidade ).
Management
The circle
Valongo is the seat of the same circuit ( concelho ) in the district of Porto. June 30, 2011 had the circle 93 753 inhabitants in an area of 75.1 km ².
The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Santo Tirso, Paços de Ferreira Paredes, Gondomar and Maia.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Valongo:
Campo
Ermesinde
Sobrado
Valongo
Demographics
Local holiday
- June 24
Twinning
- Sao Tome and Principe Mé - Zóchi ( Trindade ), São Tomé and Príncipe
- Trélazé France, France
- Angola Luanda, Angola
Traffic
Valongo is located on the railway line Linha do Douro. In Valongo station stop in the suburban trains of CP Urbanos' do Porto.
The city is connected to its access to the A4 highway with the road network of the country.
Sons and daughters of the town
- António Dias de Oliveira (1804-1863), politician and briefly Prime Minister of Portugal 1837
- Fernando Moreira, cyclist, winner of the Tour of Portugal 1948
- Alberto Ribeiro (1920-2000), Fado singer and actor
- Joaquim Leão ( born 1943 ), cyclist, winner of the Tour of Portugal 1964
- António Pereira ( b. 1975 ), athlete, olympic skiers
- Adriano Pedro Bessa da Costa (born 1976 ), football player
- Nuno Ribeiro ( b. 1977 ), cyclist, winner of the Tour of Portugal 2003
- Josué Pesqueira (* 1990), football player