Tarouca Explained

Type:	municipality
Flag Border:	no
Coordinates:	41.0167°N -53°W
Region:	Norte
Cim:	Douro
District:	Viseu
Leader Party:	PS
Leader Name:	Mário Ferreira
Area Total Km2:	100.08
Population Total:	8,046
Population As Of:	2011
Parishes:	7

Tarouca (pronounced as /pt-PT/) is a municipality and a city in Viseu District in Norte Region and Douro Subregion in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,046,^[1] in an area of 100.08 km².^[2]

The city of Tarouca proper has about 3,400 residents; it was promoted to city in December 2004. The present mayor is Mário Caetano Teixeira Ferreira, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is June 29.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

• Gouviães e Ucanha
• Granja Nova
• Mondim da Beira
• Salzedas
• São João de Tarouca
• Tarouca e Dálvares
• Várzea da Serra

Notable people

• José Leite de Vasconcelos (1858 in Ucanha, Tarouca – 1941) a Portuguese ethnographer, archaeologist and author who wrote extensively on Portuguese philology and prehistory.

External links

• Everything about Tarouca
• Photos from Tarouca

Notes and References

1. http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. Web site: Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país . 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: Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 118. 31 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. Portuguese. pdf.