Torre_de_Moncorvo

Torre de Moncorvo

Torre de Moncorvo

Municipality in Norte, Portugal

Torre de Moncorvo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ mõˈkoɾvu] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,572,[1] in an area of 531.56 km2.[2]

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The present mayor is Nuno Gonçalves, elected by the PSD.

Torre de Moncorvo is also a well-developed and promising mining area. Iron ore is mined at the Mua Mine by Aethel Partners.[3] The municipal holiday is March 19. In early November, the directorate-general for energy and geology (DGEG) authorised Aethel to control the Torre de Moncorvo iron mine, a company that hopes to put Portugal in a leading position in European mining.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]

  • Açoreira
  • Adeganha e Cardanha
  • Cabeça Boa
  • Carviçais
  • Castedo
  • Felgar e Souto da Velha
  • Felgueiras e Maçores
  • Horta da Vilariça
  • Larinho
  • Lousa
  • Mós
  • Torre de Moncorvo
  • Urrós e Peredo dos Castelhanos

Famous people

According to a study by Antonio Andrade, Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges had Portuguese ancestry: Borges's great-grandfather, Francisco, was born in Portugal in 1770, and lived in Torre de Moncorvo, before he emigrated to Argentina.

Climate

Torre de Moncorvo has a Mediterranean climate with warm to very hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters, depending on the altitude.

More information Climate data for station 06O/03U, Adeganha, Torre de Moncorvo, 1960-1980, altitude: 188 m (617 ft), Month ...

References

  1. [1]
    Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. [2]
    Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
  3. [3]
    "Aethel recebe luz verde para explorar Minas de Moncorvo". 5 November 2019.
  4. [4]
    Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 121" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. [5]
    "SNIRH > Dados de Base". snirh.apambiente.pt. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  6. [6]
    "SNIRH > Dados de Base". snirh.apambiente.pt. Retrieved 26 June 2021.


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