MOIMENTA DA BEIRA
40° 58′ 47″ N; 7° 36′ 49″ W
It is the seat of the municipality of Moimenta da Beira, with a total area of 219.97 km2, 9,410 inhabitants in 2021 and a population density of 43 inhabitants per km2, subdivided into 16 parishes. The municipality is limited to the northeast by the municipality of Tabuaço, to the southeast by Sernancelhe, to the south by Sátão, to the southwest by Vila Nova de Paiva, to the west by Castro Daire, to the northwest by Tarouca and to the north by Armamar.
History
Moimenta's history is fairly recent: Alfonso III of Asturias conquered Lamego from the Moors, when the first settlements along the Douro began by remnants of Visigothic tribes. "And there they entered into power, becoming absolute masters of everything that the force of arms would take", from the writings of the Scribe Santa Rosa Viterbo.
These bands created rural villages and homes that received in their local dialects the names Leomil, Baldos, Alvite, Toitam, Mileu, Segões, Sever and Ariz. The inhabitants of the mountains and castros, such as Pêra, Caria and São Félix, began to descend into the valleys, abandoning the rudimentary and fragile fortifications to work in the towns for the signeurial masters.
During this epoch, one of these lands (actually insignificant), whose name was implied to the localities ceremonial and funerary importance; it served as a place of homage and worship of the dead, and its name Moimenta (English: monument) was in reference to its mausoleum in honor of the dead.
By the 12th century all the civil parishes that now exist were already part of the Moimenta administration, although Leomil (Couto) and Caria (Honra) had their own magistrate until 1258.
Geography
The geographic location of the municipality of Moimenta da Beira, between the Douro valley, with a typically Mediterranean climate, and the highlands of Beira Alta, with a mountain climate, favors the existence of varied plant and animal communities. Famous for the production of wine, apples, especially the "bravo de esmolfe" species, and also for being the county where Aquilino Ribeiro lived at various stages of his life, more specifically in the small village of Soutosa.
Climate
Moimenta has a Mediterranean climate with warm to hot, dry summers and cold, wet winters.
Parishes
The municipality of Moimenta da Beira is divided into 16 parishes:
Alvite
Arcozelos
Baldos
Cabaços
Caria
Castelo
Leomil
Moimenta da Beira
Paradinha e Nagosa
Passô
Pêra Velha, Aldeia de Nacomba e Ariz
Peva e Segões
Rua
Sarzedo
Sever
Vilar
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