| Vieira do Minho | |
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| Municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 41°38′N 8°08′W / 41.633°N 8.133°W / 41.633; -8.133 | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Intermunic. comm. | Ave |
| District | Braga |
| Parishes | 16 |
| Government | |
| • President | António Cardoso (PSD-CDS–PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 216.44 km (83.57 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 12,997 |
| • Density | 60/km (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Website | www |
Vieira do Minho (Portuguese pronunciation: [viˈɐjɾɐ ðu ˈmiɲu] ) is a municipality in the district of Braga, in the north of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 12,997, in an area of 216.44 km².
The present mayor is António Cardoso, elected by a coalition between PSD and the CDS–PP.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 16 civil parishes (freguesias):
- Anissó e Soutelo
- Anjos e Vilar do Chão
- Caniçada e Soengas
- Cantelães
- Eira Vedra
- Guilhofrei
- Louredo
- Mosteiro
- Parada do Bouro
- Pinheiro
- Rossas
- Ruivães e Campos
- Salamonde
- Tabuaças
- Ventosa e Cova
- Vieira do Minho
General information
Vieira do Minho is essentially a rural municipality. Along with the town of Vieira do Minho, the seat of the municipality, the other major location in the municipality is the town of Rossas [pt] with 2,071 inhabitants.
Notable people
- Senhorinha of Basto (942–982) a Portuguese Benedictine abbess
- Manuel Monteiro (born Anissó 1962) a jurist, academic professor and former politician.
- Romeu Ribeiro (born 1989) a footballer with over 350 club caps
References
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
- Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 128-129" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
External links
| Municipalities of Braga District | |
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