Valpaços is a municipality in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 16,882, in an area of 548.74 km. The first documents that cite V…Valpaços is a municipality in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 16,882, in an area of 548.74 km. The first documents that cite Valpaços date back to the 12th century. Its toponymy evolved from pre-national settlements, and started as a small enclave inhabited by nobles and signeurial family estates, attracted by the privileges given for settling so close to the Castilian border. The nascent Portuguese community was susceptible to attacks from Castile. The establishment of border settlements fixed the border.
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