Póvoa de Lanhoso
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Póvoa de Lanhoso | |
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Settlement | |
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Coordinates: 41°34′N 8°16′W / 41.567°N 8.267°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Norte |
Intermunic. comm. | Ave |
District | Braga |
Area | |
• Total | 134.65 km2 (51.99 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 21,886 |
• Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Website | www |
Póvoa de Lanhoso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɔvuɐ ðɨ lɐˈɲozu], locally: [ˈpɔβuɐ ðɨ lɐˈɲozu]) is a municipality in the district of Braga, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,886,[1] in an area of 134.65 km².[2]
The present Mayor is Manuel Soares Baptista, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is March 19.
Parishes
The municipality is subdivided into the following 22 parishes:[3]
- Águas Santas e Moure
- Calvos e Frades
- Campos e Louredo
- Covelas
- Esperança e Brunhais
- Ferreiros
- Fonte Arcada e Oliveira
- Galegos
- Garfe
- Geraz do Minho
- Lanhoso
- Monsul
- Póvoa de Lanhoso
- Rendufinho
- Santo Emilião
- São João de Rei
- Serzedelo
- Sobradelo da Goma
- Taíde
- Travassos
- Verim, Friande e Ajude
- Vilela
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Direção-Geral do Território Archived 2014-09-29 at archive.today
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 100-101" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 July 2014.
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