Barrancos
Sign in to saveBarrancos (, : Barranquenho: ), officially the Town of Barrancos (), is a town and a municipality in southeastern Portugal, by the Spanish border. With a population of 1,438 as of 2021, it is the least populated municipality in Continental Portugal. Covering an area of , Barrancos is one of only six Portuguese municipalities comprising a single civil parish.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Barrancos
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Town of Barrancos
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-brc1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- BRC.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Barrancos - Portugal (4300202550).jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- View of Barrancos
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe point
- none
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Baixo Alentejo
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Beja
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 1
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- CDU
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Leonel Caçador Rodrigues
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 168.42
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 1438
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Barrancos (, : Barranquenho: ), officially the Town of Barrancos (), is a town and a municipality in southeastern Portugal, by the Spanish border. With a population of 1,438 as of 2021, it is the least populated municipality in Continental Portugal. Covering an area of , Barrancos is one of only six Portuguese municipalities comprising a single civil parish.
The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times, with archaeological evidence dating back to the Paleolithic. During the Middle Ages, urbanization was centered around the Castle of Noudar, a fortress that changed hands between Portugal and Castile until its definitive incorporation into Portugal in 1295. In the 19th century, the administrative center shifted to Barrancos, which became the seat of the municipality.