The town has seen good and bad times during its thousand-year history: the dark times of the 14th and 15th centuries, the small increase in population during the 17th century, or the thriving 18th century.
O pobo foi alternando períodos esplendorosos e tristes na súa historia milenaria: os tempos escuros dos séculos XIV e XV, o pouco crecemento demográfico do século XVII, ou o próspero século XVIII.