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Melgaço, Portugal

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Country
  
Portugal

Intermunic. comm.
  
Alto Minho

Time zone
  
WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)

Population
  
9,213 (2011)

District
  
Viana do Castelo District

Subregion
  
Minho-Lima

Parishes
  
13

Area
  
238.2 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 10:08 AM

Region
  
Norte Region, Portugal

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Website
  
http://www.cm-melgaco.pt

Weather
  
12°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 79% Humidity

Melgaço ([ˌmɛɫˈɣasu]) is a municipality in Viana do Castelo District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,213, in an area of 238.25 km². It is the northernmost municipality in Portugal.

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The present Mayor is Manoel Batista, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes (freguesias):

  • Alvaredo
  • Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro
  • Chaviães e Paços
  • Cousso
  • Cristoval
  • Fiães
  • Gave
  • Paderne
  • Parada do Monte e Cubalhão
  • Penso
  • Prado e Remoães
  • São Paio
  • Vila e Roussas

    • Main sights

  • Castelo de Melgaço
  • Church of the Divino Salvador de Paderne
  • Peso Public Baths
  • Santa Maria de Fiães Church
  • Melgaço Matriz Church
  • Cinema Museum of Melgaço, established by French film critic Jean-Loup Passek
  • Giants figures of Monsters, near the river (Mount Prado), "Arganões",possibly vickings.
  • Chaviães romanique church
  • São João Fountain

    • References

    Melgaço, Portugal Wikipedia
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