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Vieira do Minho

Municipality in Norte, Portugal

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Coordinates: 41°38′N 8°08′W / 41.633°N 8.133°W / 41.633; -8.133Country

PortugalRegionNorteIntermunic. comm.AveDistrictBragaParishes16Government

• PresidentAntónio Cardoso (PSD-CDS–PP)Area

• Total216.44 km² (83.57 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total12,997 • Density60/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Websitewww.cm-vminho.pt

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,^[1] in an area of 216.44 km².^[2]

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):^[3]

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.