Vieira do Minho
Municipality in Norte, Portugal
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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]
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Vieira do Minho | |
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Town hall | |
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 Interactive map of Vieira do Minho | |
| Coordinates: 41°38′N 8°08′W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Intermunic. comm. | Ave |
| District | Braga |
| Parishes | 16 |
| Government | |
| • President | António Cardoso (PSD-CDS–PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 216.44 km2 (83.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 12,997 |
| • Density | 60.049/km2 (155.53/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Website | www |
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 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
