Vieira do Minho
Encyclopedia
Vieira do Minho is a municipality in the district of Braga
, in the north of Portugal
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The municipality has 21 parishes and a population of 14,474 inhabitants.
The present mayor is Jorge Dantas, elected by a coalition between the Socialist Party and the Socialist Center.
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.
Braga (district)
The district of Braga is a district in the northwest of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Braga, and it is bordered by the district of Viana do Castelo in the north, Vila Real in the east, and Porto in the south...
, in the north of Portugal
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...
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The municipality has 21 parishes and a population of 14,474 inhabitants.
The present mayor is Jorge Dantas, elected by a coalition between the Socialist Party and the Socialist Center.
Parishes
- Anissó
- Anjos
- Campos
- Caniçada
- Cantelães
- Cova
- Eira Vedra
- Guilhofrei
- Louredo
- Mosteiro
- Parada do Bouro
- Pinheiro
- Rossas
- Ruivães
- Salamonde
- Soengas
- Soutelo
- Tabuaças
- Ventosa
- Vieira do Minho
- Vilar Chão
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.