Tarouca

{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision

| type = municipality

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| flag_border = no

| image_shield = TRC.png

| image_skyline =Tarouca - Portugal (49169077516) (cropped).jpg

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| image_map = LocalTarouca.svg

|region = Norte

|CIM = Douro

|district = Viseu

| leader_party = PS

| leader_name = Mário Ferreira

| area_total_km2 = 100.08

| population_total = 8,046

| population_as_of = 2011

| parishes = 7

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Tarouca ({{IPA|pt-PT|tɐˈɾokɐ|-|Pt-pt Tarouca FF.ogg}}) is a municipality and a city in Viseu District in Norte Region and Douro Subregion in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,046,[http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística] in an area of 100.08 km2.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |title=Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |archive-date=2018-11-05 |url-status=dead }}

The city of Tarouca proper has about 3,400 residents; it was promoted to city in December 2004. The present mayor is Mário Caetano Teixeira Ferreira, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is June 29.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 118|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |accessdate=31 July 2014|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=Portuguese|format=pdf}}

Notable people

  • José Leite de Vasconcelos (1858 in Ucanha, Tarouca – 1941) a Portuguese ethnographer, archaeologist and author who wrote extensively on Portuguese philology and prehistory.

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