Vimioso

Municipality in Norte, Portugal

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Coordinates: 41°35′1″N 6°31′42″W / 41.58361°N 6.52833°W / 41.58361; -6.52833Country

PortugalRegionNorteIntermunic. comm.Terras de Trás-os-MontesDistrictBragançaParishes10 (list)Government

• PresidentJosé Baptista Rodrigues (PPD-PSD)Area

• Total481.59 km² (185.94 sq mi)Elevation

668 m (2,192 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total4,669 • Density9.7/km² (25/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Postal code

5230

Area code273Websitehttp://www.cm-vimioso.pt

Vimioso (Portuguese: [vimiˈozu] ^ⓘ, Mirandese: [bimiˈoz̺ʊ]) is a municipality in the district of Bragança in the northern part of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,669,^[1] in an area of 481.59 km².^[2] It is recognised as having a significant number of Mirandese speakers.

In 1516, Vimioso was elevated to the administrative status of a village by order of King Manual I.

Geography

Climate

Climate data for Pinelo, Vimioso, altitude: 607 m (1,991 ft)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average precipitation mm (inches)	81 (3.2)	71 (2.8)	47 (1.9)	51 (2.0)	59 (2.3)	32 (1.3)	12 (0.5)	10 (0.4)	34 (1.3)	75 (3.0)	84 (3.3)	83 (3.3)	639 (25.3)
Source: Portuguese Environment Agency^[3]

Parishes

The municipality is composed of 10 parishes:^[4]

Algoso, Campo de Víboras e Uva
Caçarelhos e Angueira
Argozelo
Carção
Matela
Pinelo
Santulhão
Vale de Frades e Avelanoso
Vilar Seco
Vimioso

The Romanesque Matriz Church
Medieval bridge of Algoso

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
^ "Monthly Precipitation Pinelo". APA. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 140" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 July 2014.