Torre de Moncorvo
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Torre de Moncorvo (ˈtoʁ(ɨ) ðɨ mõˈkoɾvu) is a municipality in Portugal
with a total area of 531.6 km² and a total population of 9,408 inhabitants.
The municipality is composed of 17 parishes and is located in the district of Bragança
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The present mayor is Fernando Aires Ferreira, elected by the Socialist Party
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The municipal holiday is March 19.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
with a total area of 531.6 km² and a total population of 9,408 inhabitants.
The municipality is composed of 17 parishes and is located in the district of Bragança
Bragança (district)
Bragança District is a traditional political division of Portugal, in the northeast corner bordering on Spain, covering 7.4% of the nations continental landmass. The capital of the district, Bragança, is 217 kilometres from Porto, the second largest town in Portugal, and 107 kilometres and 169...
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The present mayor is Fernando Aires Ferreira, elected by the Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....
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The municipal holiday is March 19.
Parishes
- Açoreira
- Adeganha
- Cabeça Boa
- Cardanha
- CarviçaisCarviçaisCarviçais is the largest parish of the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo in the district of Bragança .The parish is composed of 7 villages: Carviçais, Macieirinha, Martim Tirado, Quinta da Estrada, Quinta das Pereiras, Quinta das Peladinhas and Quinta da Nogueirinha-History and landmarks:*Parish...
- Castedo
- Felgar
- Felgueiras
- Horta da Vilariça
- Larinho
- Lousa
- Maçores
- Mós
- Peredo dos Castelhanos
- Souto da Velha
- Torre de Moncorvo
- Urrós