Valpaços Municipality

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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Valpaços is a Portuguese city ( Cidade ) in northern Portugal with 4544 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2011). .

History

The village was founded in the wake of re- settlements after completion of the Reconquista and the consolidation of independence in 1139 the Kingdom of Portugal. He was first known as Paços and received its present name in the course of time. The now well-known local name: Presumably due to its location on a survey (Valley of Paço port. for ) evolved from the name of Vale do Paço.

The circle Valpaços originated in 1836, in the course of administrative reform by the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the following Miguelistenkrieg. The newly combined communities as the new county seat Valpaços previously belonged to the circle of Chaves.

Valpaços was raised in 1861 to Vila ( town ), and 1999 for the Cidade (City).

Management

Circle

Valpaços is the seat of an eponymous district ( concelho ) in the district of Vila Real. June 30, 2011 had the circle 16,876 inhabitants in an area of 548.7 km ².

The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Chaves, Vinhais, Mirandela, Murça and Vila Pouca de Aguiar.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Valpaços:

  • Água e Revés Crasto
  • Algeriz
  • Alvarelhos
  • Barreiros
  • Bouçoães
  • Canaveses
  • Carrazedo de Montenegro
  • Curros
  • Ervões
  • Fiães
  • Fornos do Pinhal
  • Friões
  • Lebução
  • Nozelos
  • Padrela e Tazem
  • Possacos
  • Rio Torto
  • Sanfins
  • Santa Maria de Émeres
  • Santa Valha
  • Santiago da Ribeira de Alhariz
  • São João da Corveira
  • São Pedro de Veiga de Lila
  • Serapicos
  • Sonim
  • Tinhela
  • Vales
  • Valpaços
  • Vassal
  • Veiga de Lila
  • Vilarandelo

Demographics

Local holiday

  • November 6

Twinning

  • Bettemburg Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • France La Garenne- Colombes, France
  • Portugal Maia, Portugal
  • France Sarlat- la -Caneda, France ( initiation )

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Manuel Buica (1876-1908), military and teachers, gunman of the assassination of King D.Carlos
  • Carlos Cardoso situation (* 1944), Socialist MEP
  • Assunção Esteves ( born 1956 ), judge and politician, President of the Parliament since 2011 Assembleia da República
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