Montalegre
Sign in to saveMontalegre (), officially the Town of Montalegre (), is a municipality in northern Portugal, located in the district of Vila Real, along the border with Spain. The population in 2011 was 10,537, in an area of 805.46 km².
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Montalegre
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Town of Montalegre
- Portuguese subdivision.seat
- Montalegre Municipal Chamber
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-mtr1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- MTR.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Montalegre - Portugal (14248376979).jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- Panorama of Montalegre
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Interactive map of Montalegre
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Norte
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Alto Tâmega
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Vila Real
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 27 (see text)
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Orlando Alves
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PS
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation
- 1000
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 805.46
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Montalegre (), officially the Town of Montalegre (), is a municipality in northern Portugal, located in the district of Vila Real, along the border with Spain. The population in 2011 was 10,537, in an area of 805.46 km².
==History== thumb|235px|left|Castle of Montalegre Early construction in Montalegre date back 3500–4000 years when early inhabitants, around the villages of Mourela, Veiga and Vila da Ponte, buried their dead in funeral mounds. Vestiges of this culture predominate the region, and suggest that settlements have been ongoing since the Metal Ages.