Torre de Moncorvo

Torre de Moncorvo is a municipality in the district of Bragança in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,572, in an area of 531.56 km2.

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. 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. 

Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes (freguesias):


 * Açoreira
 * Adeganha e Cardanha
 * Cabeça Boa
 * Carviçais
 * Castedo
 * Felgar e Souto da Velha
 * Felgueiras e Maçores
 * Horta da Vilariça
 * Larinho
 * Lousa
 * Mós
 * Torre de Moncorvo
 * Urrós e Peredo dos Castelhanos

Famous people
According to a study by Antonio Andrade, Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges had Portuguese ancestry: Borges's great-grandfather, Francisco, was born in Portugal in 1770, and lived in Torre de Moncorvo, before he emigrated to Argentina.

Climate
Torre de Moncorvo has a Mediterranean climate with warm to very hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters, depending on the altitude.