Vila_Verde Knowpia

Vila Verde
Vila Verde
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 41°39′N 8°26′W / 41.650°N 8.433°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Cávado
District	Braga
Parishes	33
Government
• President	Júlia Fernandes (PSD)
Area
• Total	228.67 km2 (88.29 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	46,446
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	http://www.cm-vilaverde.pt

Vila Verde (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ˈveɾðɨ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 46,446,^[1] in an area of 228.67 km².^[2]

Vila Verde's current mayor, as of 26 September 2021, is Júlia Fernandes of the Social Democratic Party. She succeeded António Vilela of the same party. The municipal holiday is 13 June.

The county of Vila Verde has a little over 150 years of existence and is one of the biggest counties in the Minho Province.

Parishes edit

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 33 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Aboim da Nóbrega e Gondomar
Atiães
Cabanelas
Carreiras (São Miguel e Santiago)
Cervães
Coucieiro
Dossãos
Escariz (São Mamede e São Martinho)
Esqueiros, Nevogilde e Travassós
Freiriz
Gême
Lage
Lanhas
Loureira
Marrancos e Arcozelo
Moure
Oleiros
Oriz (Santa Marinha e São Miguel)
Parada de Gatim
Pico
Pico de Regalados, Gondiães e Mós
Ponte
Ribeira do Neiva
Sabariz
Sande, Vilarinho, Barros e Gomide
São Miguel do Prado
Soutelo
Turiz
Vade
Valbom (São Pedro), Passô e Valbom (São Martinho)
Valdreu
Vila de Prado
Vila Verde e Barbudo

Main sights edit

Vila Verde and surrounding region have many historical monuments.

Penegate Tower

Gallery edit

Saint Michael's church, Carreiras
Penegate tower
Gomariz tower
Pedregais church

Notable people edit

Augusto Gama (born 1970) a former footballer with 484 club caps and a manager
Bruno Gama (born 1987) a professional footballer with over 440 club caps

References edit

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 138-139" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2014.

External links edit

Municipality official website

[ine-1] Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[dgt-2] Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país

[3] Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 138-139" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2014.

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