Terras de Bouro
Municipality
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Coordinates: 41°43′N 8°18′W / 41.717°N 8.300°W / 41.717; -8.300
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Intermunic. comm.Cávado
DistrictBraga
Parishes14
Government
 • PresidentManuel Tibo (PSD)
Area
 • Total277.46 km2 (107.13 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total7,253
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitehttp://www.cm-terrasdebouro.pt

Terras de Bouro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtɛʁɐʒ ðɨ ˈβoɾu] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,253,[1] in an area of 277.46 km².[2] It is bordered to the north by Ponte da Barca and Spain, to the east by Montalegre, to the south by Vieira do Minho, to the southwest by Amares, and to the west by Vila Verde.

The present Mayor is Manuel Tibo, elected by the PSD. The municipal holiday is 20 October, day that celebrates the granting of a charter by King D. Manuel I in 1514 .

History

The Germanic tribe of the Buri accompanied the Suebi in their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and establishment in Gallaecia (modern northern Portugal). The Buri settled in the region between the rivers Cávado and Homem, in the area known thereafter as Terras de Boiro or Terras de Bouro (Lands of the Buri).[3]

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 14 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
  3. ↑ Domingos Maria da Silva, Os Búrios, Terras de Bouro, Câmara Municipal de Terras de Bouro, 2006. (in Portuguese)
  4. ↑ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 119" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2014.


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