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Torre de Moncorvo

Coordinates: 41°10′26″N 7°03′10″W / 41.17385862°N 7.05280207°W / 41.17385862; -7.05280207
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Town of Torre de Moncorvo
Municipality
Flag of Town of Torre de Moncorvo
Flag
Coat of arms of Town of Torre de Moncorvo
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Coordinates: 41°10′26″N 7°03′10″W / 41.17385862°N 7.05280207°W / 41.17385862; -7.05280207
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Intermunic. comm.Douro
DistrictBragança
SeatTorre de Moncorvo Municipal Chamber
Parishes13
Government
 • PresidentNuno Gonçalves (PSD)
Area
 • Total
531.56 km2 (205.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
8,572
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitewww.cm-moncorvo.pt

Torre de Moncorvo (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ mõˈkoɾvu] ⓘ), officially the Town of Torre de Moncorvo (Portuguese: Vila de Torre de Moncorvo), is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2015 was 7,891,[1] in an area of 531.56 km2.[2] In 2013, with a birth rate of 2.5 births per thousand inhabitants, Torre de Moncorvo had the lowest birth rate in Portugal.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Parishes

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Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes (freguesias):[6]

History

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Torre de Moncorvo was founded by Leonese noble Mendo Curvus, who ordered a castle built here as a personal residence and for defense of the region following the Christian reconquest of the Iberian peninsula. A settlement charter was granted in 1128 and again in 1140.[7] Torre de Moncorvo had a Jewish population and a synagogue at least since the 14th century.[8]

Famous people

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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.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Torre de Moncorvo, Portugal - Population and Demographics". www.city-facts.com. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  2. ^ "Torre de Moncorvo". Discover Douro. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  3. ^ "Taxa de mortalidade mais do dobro no interior do país que a média nacional em 2013". Porto Canal (in Portuguese). 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  4. ^ Alves, Filipe (2019-11-05). "Aethel recebe luz verde para explorar Minas de Moncorvo". Jornal Económico (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  5. ^ "Iron ore mining at Torre de Moncorvo to resume". www.theportugalnews.com. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  6. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 121" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Torre de Moncorvo". www.visitportugal.com. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  8. ^ a b "Torre de Moncorvo". www.redejudiariasportugal.com. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
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