Torre de Moncorvo

Torre de Moncorvo (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ mõˈkoɾvu] ), officially the Town of Torre de Moncorvo (Portuguese: Vila de Torre de Moncorvo), is a town and municipality in the district of Bragança in northern Portugal. In 2021, the municipality had 6,826 inhabitants, in an area of 531.56 square kilometres (205.24 mi2), while the town had 2,612 inhabitants. Notably, in 2013, the municipality recorded the lowest birth rate in Portugal, 2.5 births per thousand inhabitants. Situated along the Douro River valley in the historical Trás-os-Montes region, Torre de Moncorvo has medieval origins tied to its strategic frontier location during the Reconquista.