Urrós is a former parish of the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo, with an area of and 265 inhabitants (2011).

Population

History It was a fortified town in the High Middle Ages, having previously had castreja fortifications: the Castelo de Oleiros.

In Urrós there is a record of the last silk looms in Trás-os-Montes, which made the workshops in Bragança and Chacim famous.Terra portuguesa : revista ilustrada de arqueologia artistica e etnografia N.º1, Fevereiro de 1916, pág. 30.

In 2013, Urrós became part of the new parish of Urrós e Peredo dos Castelhanos.

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