Pousada de Saramagos is a Portuguese village belonging to the municipality of

Vila Nova de Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão () is a Portuguese town with a population of approximately 133,048 inhabitants () in an area of 201,59 km2, subdivided into 49 parishes (Administrative Division of 11 Unions of Parishes and 23 Parish Councils,). Insert ...

, in the North of Portugal, more precisely in the region of Minho. The population in 2011 was 2,234,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 2.12 km². It is about 9 km far from its municipal seat.

History

Since Pousada de Saramagos is located in one of the most ancient parts of Portugal, its history is very rich and it's also connected to the early evidence of the existence of Pousada de Saramagos can be found in texts dated of 1076, actually predating both the year of the ''de facto'' recognition of

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

as a country and the papal bull issued by the pope to recognize it as a Christian country.

Geography

Pousada de Saramagos is located in the Minho region of

, halfway between Vila Nova de Famalicão and

Guimarães Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCWorld Heritage Sitesince 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and a ...

. It belongs to the municipality of

and its district capital is

Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in ...

Population

Since the national census in 2001, the population of the parish grew more than 35%, to house more 784 inhabitants. Part of it is due to the building of houses in the north of the village, mainly ''Parque dos Loureiros''.

Notable people

Mesquita Machado Francisco Soares Mesquita Machado (born 18 April 1947), commonly known as simply Mesquita Machado, is a Portuguese former politician. A member of the Socialist Party, he was the mayor of Braga from the first democratic elections in 1976 until 2013 ...

, mayor of Braga from 1976 to 2013

References

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