Torre de Moncorvo

Torre de Moncorvo
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41°12′N 7°08′W / 41.200°N 7.133°W / 41.200; -7.133
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Douro
District	Bragança
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	http://www.cm-moncorvo.pt

Torre de Moncorvo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtorɨ dɨ mõˈkoɾvu] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,572,^[1] in an area of 531.56 km².^[2]

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.^[3] 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. [1]