Fontelo

Fontelo is a parish in the northern municipality of Armamar in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 641, in an area of 7.52 km².

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Portuguese subdivision.type: parish
Portuguese subdivision.official_name: Fontelo
Portuguese subdivision.region: Norte
Portuguese subdivision.CIM: Douro
Portuguese subdivision.district: Viseu
Portuguese subdivision.municipality: Armamar
Portuguese subdivision.elevation: 518
Portuguese subdivision.area_total: 7.52
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of: 2011
Portuguese subdivision.population_total: 641
Portuguese subdivision.patron: São Domingos
Portuguese subdivision.area_code: 254
Portuguese subdivision.postal_code: 5110
Portuguese subdivision.website: http://www.terralusa.net/index.php?site=120&sec=part4

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Area: 7.52
Official website: www.terralusa.net/index.php?site=120&sec=part4
Dialing code: 254

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postal code: 5110

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Fontelo is a parish in the northern municipality of Armamar in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 641, in an area of 7.52 km².

==History== There are a few elements that prove the antiquity of the settlement of Fontelo. The castro of São Domingos, which was a Romanized rural villa, marks the first referential indication of local settlement. The settlement's growth is intimately linked to the chapel that was constructed on Mount São Domingos, in place of a pagan shrine.