Torre de Moncorvo
Town of Torre de Moncorvo | |
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| Coordinates: 41°10′26″N 7°03′10″W / 41.17385862°N 7.05280207°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Intermunic. comm. | Douro |
| District | Bragança |
| Seat | Torre de Moncorvo Municipal Chamber |
| Parishes | 13 |
| Government | |
| • President | Nuno Gonçalves (PSD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 531.56 km2 (205.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 8,572 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Website | www |
Torre de Moncorvo (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ mõˈkoɾvu] ⓘ), officially the Town of Torre de Moncorvo (Portuguese: Vila de Torre de Moncorvo), is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,572, in an area of 531.56 km2.
The present mayor is Nuno Gonçalves, elected by the PSD.
Torre de Moncorvo is also a well-developed and promising mining area. Iron ore is mined at the Mua Mine by Aethel Partners. The municipal holiday is March 19. In early November, the directorate-general for energy and geology (DGEG) authorised Aethel to control the Torre de Moncorvo iron mine, a company that hopes to put Portugal in a leading position in European mining.