Vila Verde Municipality
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Vila Verde ( Green City ) is a small town ( Vila ) in northern Portugal.
History
The most significant finds in the county come from the Castro culture, especially Citânia de São Julião de Caldelas in the municipality of Ponte. The Romans conquered the region in the 2nd century BC and established here a Civitas.
The present town of Vila Verde has existed since the 10th century. In the 11th century, the area of the Countess Mumadona who sold it to a document from the year 1089 to the Igreja de Santo António belonged. In the 14th century it received new fixtures. The Penegateturm has been preserved.
In the course of various administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 and the following Miguelistenkrieg the independent circuit Vila Verde was posted on October 24, 1855 established by resolution of the circles Pico de Regalados, Vila Cha e Larim, Penal and Prado.
Management
The circle
Vila Verde is the seat of an eponymous district ( concelho ) in the district of Braga. June 30, 2011 had the circle 47,768 inhabitants in an area of 228.7 km ².
The neighboring districts are (clockwise starting from the north ): Ponte da Barca, Terras de Bouro Amares, Braga, Barcelos and Ponte de Lima.
The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) lying in circle Vila Verde:
- Aboim da Nóbrega
- Arcozelo
- Atães
- Atiães
- Azões
- Barbudo
- Barros
- Cabanelas
- Cervães
- Codeceda
- Coucieiro
- Covas
- Dossãos
- Duas Igrejas
- Esqueiros
- Freiriz
- Geme
- Goães
- Godinhaços
- Gomide
- Gondiães
- Gondomar
- Laje
- Lanhas
- Loureira
- Marrancos
- Mos
- Moure
- Nevogilde
- Oleiros ( Vila Verde)
- Parada de gatim
- Passo
- Pedregais
- Penascais
- Pico
- Pico de Regalados
- Ponte
- Portela das Cabras
- Rio Mau
- Sabariz
- Sande
- Santa Marinha de Oriz
- Santiago de Carreira
- São Mamede de Escariz
- São Martinho de Escariz
- São Martinho de Valbom
- São Miguel de Carreira
- São Miguel de Oriz
- São Miguel do Prado
- São Pedro de Valbom
- Soutelo
- Travassos
- Turiz
- Valdreu
- Valões
- Vila de Prado
- Vila Verde
- Vilarinho
Demographics
Local holiday
Twinning
- Germany Lohmar, Federal Republic of Germany (since 1986)
- France Petit- Couronne (Canton Grand- Couronne ), France ( since 1989)
- France Saint- Mandé, France ( initiation )
Sons and daughters of the town
- Francisco Lopes de Azevedo Velho da Fonseca (1809-1876), aristocratic book collector, editor, translator and author
- Francisco de Campos Soares de Azevedo (1818-1901), noble Management politicians and judges
- Manuel Joaquim Machado Rebelo (1834-1930), as a chef become known Catholic priest
- Maria do Céu Nogueira ( born 1933), writer
- Vitalino António Fernandes Dantas ( b. 1941 ), bishop of Beja
- Alves Peixoto ( born 1941 ), cyclist, winner of the Tour of Portugal 1965
- José Manuel Fernandes ( born 1967), politician ( PSD), was from 1997 to 2009 mayor of Villa Verde.
- Nuno Filipe Rodrigues Silva ( born 1979 ), football player
- Bruno Gama (* 1987), football player