Macedo de Cavaleiros [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Macedo de Cavaleiros
Macedo de Cavaleiros () is a municipality in northeastern Portugal, in Bragança District. The population in 2011 was 15,776, in an area of 699.14 km².
History.
During antiquity, the region was occupied by the Celts, then Romans and finally the Arab forces of the Umayyad Caliphate, who dominated the region until the Christian Reconquista. The Romans defeated the local hill tribes, and reorganized settlements in the region, influencing local culture and social administration. The territory east of the Tua River
after the 14th century, that documents began to refer to Macedo dos Cavaleiros.
Around 1722, King John V designated Macedo as a "Quinta", equivalent to a small estate, indicating the size of this region.
The municipality of Macedo de Cavaleiros was created in 1853, from the administrative remains of Chacim and Cortiços municipalities, and ten years later the settlement of Macedo was proclaimed a "vila" (). To this time, the space were listed as royal lands, then established by John V for