Sabugal Explained

Type:municipality
Official Name:Sabugal
Coordinates:40.35°N -12°W
Region:Centro
Cim:Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District:Guarda
Leader Party:PSD
Leader Name:António Robalo
Area Total Km2:822.70
Population Total:12,544
Population As Of:2011
Parishes:30
Holiday:Monday after Octave of Easter

Sabugal (pronounced as /pt-PT/) is a city and a municipality in the District of Guarda, Portugal. A border municipality with Spain, the population of the municipality in 2011 was 12,544,[1] in an area of 822.70 km2.[2] The city proper, located along the Côa river, has a population of about 3,000 inhabitants. There is a castle in the city of Sabugal proper as well as other castles outside the urban centre in a number of places around the entire municipality of Sabugal. Those are the castles of Sortelha, Alfaiates, Vilar Maior and Vila do Touro. The municipal holiday is the Monday after Octave of Easter. It is also place for the Sabugal Dam built in 2000 and the river beach of Devesa, both located in the Côa river. At an elevation of roughly 750 m (2460 ft) above sea level, Sabugal is among the highest cities in Portugal.

History

See also: Castle of Sabugal and Battle of Sabugal. It is famed for its Gothic castle with a pentagonal outer wall and an inner wall with five square towers overlooking the Côa river. Besides its ancient castle, Sabugal was the location of the 1811 Battle of Sabugal, a Peninsular War engagement of British troops under Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) and French troops under the command of Marshal André Masséna, from which the British and their Portuguese allies emerged victorious. Sabugal has a Jewish heritage since at least the 16th century. In memory of the presence of Jewish communities in Sabugal, there is today an interpretation centre of the Jewish heritage, next to the castle.

Economy

The economy of Sabugal includes agriculture; animal husbandry; freshwater aquaculture (i.e. trout fish farming);[3] forestry; mining;[4] building materials industry (including plaster industry);[5] and food industry (including dairy industry, chestnut processing,[6] honey production[7] and bread making). Sabugal has made cheeses for centuries and nowadays it still is a cheese making center with both modern industrial and traditional hand made production of several types of cheeses, from goat milk cheese to cow milk cheese. Lactibar[8] is among the main dairies of Sabugal, its cheese brand Queijo Torre is among the most sold in several local markets in Portugal. Tourism is also important in Sabugal. Thanks to the old spas in its vicinities, which date back to the Roman times although its earliest written reference goes back to the 18th century, Sabugal has become a thermal spa destination displaying in the 21st century a modern spa hotel infrastructure (i.e. Cró Hotel & Thermal Spa).[9]

Education

The city of Sabugal has all types of schools from kindergarten to the 12th gradehttp://aesabugal.pt/ . Higher education is available in the neighboring city of Guarda, located about 35 km away by road, which is the capital of the district.

Sports

Sabugal is home to Sporting Clube do Sabugal, a multisports club founded on March 25, 1939. It has football and futsal teams as well as a judo department. The main men's football team plays in the Sabugal Municipality Stadium (Estádio Municipal do Sabugal) whose the owner is the Sabugal City Council.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality (concelho) is divided into 30 civil parishes (freguesias):[10]

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Database. Instituto Nacional de Estatística. 2011. 2022-08-21. 2017-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20170911005641/https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0. live.
  2. Web site: Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país . pt. 2018-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ . 2018-11-05 . dead .
  3. Web site: Trutalcôa Viveiros, Ponte de Rojões, Quadrazais (2021). 2021-04-29. www.foodyas.com. pt.
  4. Web site: Fonte da Cal Mine, Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal. 2021-04-29. www.mindat.org. 2021-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20210206223310/https://www.mindat.org/loc-226900.html. live.
  5. Web site: liveplace - A escolha dos profissionais da construção. 2021-04-29. LivePlace by Palegessos. pt-PT. 2021-04-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210429123605/http://www.live-place.com/. live.
  6. Web site: I Encontro do Castanheiro. 2017. Sabugal.pt. 2022-08-21. 2021-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20210206182345/https://www.cm-sabugal.pt/wp-content/uploads/castanha-scaled.jpg. dead.
  7. Web site: Associação dos Apicultores da Serra da Malcata – FNAP. 2021-04-29. pt-PT. 2021-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210416213402/http://fnap.pt/org-apicultores-associadas/associacoes/associacao-dos-apicultores-da-serra-da-malcata/. live.
  8. Web site: Lactibar - Lacticínios do Sabugal S.A.. 2021-04-29. lactibar.com. 2021-04-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210429124424/http://lactibar.com/v1/. live.
  9. Web site: Cró Hotel & Termal SPA. 2021-04-29. www.hoteldocro.com. pt. 2019-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20190731085600/http://hoteldocro.com/wwwhoteldocrocom. dead.
  10. Web site: Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 104-105. 29 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. Portuguese. 6 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131206201841/http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf. live.
  11. Web site: Joaquim Sapinho. IMDb Database. 2021-08-04. 2021-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804192358/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764585/. live.