Vagos
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| Website | http://www.cm-vagos.pt |
Vagos (Portuguese pronunciation:
In Roman times, the municipality was called Vacus, and had both coastline and large sand dune valleys just east of its center. Increases in sedimentation and sand drifts leveled and lengthened these distances. According to António Gomes da Rocha Madail and other writers, there is tradition among the native population that they are descendants of the seafaring salt farmers of Phoenicia.
Due to its fertile soils, agriculture plays a major role in the municipality's economy. Its green meadows create exceptional conditions for cattle breeding and milk production at a national level. The forest areas and vegetable production are other sources of prosperity for the municipality. Ceramics are the principal money-maker in its industrial sector.
Its present mayor is Silvério Rodrigues Regalado of the
Demographics
| Population of Vagos Municipality (1801–2011) | |||||||||
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| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2004 | 2011 |
| 4047 | 6961 | 11954 | 15860 | 20250 | 18548 | 19068 | 22017 | 23205 | 22851 |
Cities and towns
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (
- Calvão
- Fonte de Angeão e Covão do Lobo
- Gafanha da Boa Hora
- Ouca
- Ponte de Vagos e Santa Catarina
- Santo André de Vagos
- Sosa
- Vagos e Santo António
Famous people
- Manuel Freire, (born 1942), Portuguese singer and composer.
See also
- Associação Desportiva de Vagos, women's basketball club founded in 1994.
- Vagos Open Air, metal festival held in Vagos from 2009 to 2015.
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
- ^ Vagos Municipal Executive
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 124" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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