Torre de Moncorvo
Torre de Moncorvo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtoʁ(ɨ) ðɨ mõˈkoɾvu] (
listen)) 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]
Torre de Moncorvo | |
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| Coordinates: 41°12′N 7°08′W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Intermunic. comm. | Douro |
| District | Bragança |
| Parishes | 13 |
| Government | |
| • President | Nuno Gonçalves (PSD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 531.56 km2 (205.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 8,572 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Website | http://www.cm-moncorvo.pt |
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
References
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