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Póvoa de Lanhoso

Municipality in Norte, Portugal

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Coordinates: 41°34′N 8°16′W / 41.567°N 8.267°W / 41.567; -8.267Country

PortugalRegionNorteIntermunic. comm.AveDistrictBragaParishes22Government

• PresidentAvelino Silva (PSD)Area

• Total134.65 km² (51.99 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total21,886 • Density160/km² (420/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Websitewww.cm-povoadelanhoso.pt

Póvoa de Lanhoso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɔvuɐ 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 Avelino Silva,^[3] elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is March 19.

Economy

Agriculture, forestry and tourism are important economic activities in the municipality. Light industry is present too. Prozis, a multinational sports nutrition company headquartered in Esposende, has a major industrial plant in Póvoa de Lanhoso.^[4]

Parishes

The municipality is subdivided into the following 22 parishes:^[5]

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

Notable people

Gonçalo Sampaio (1865 in São Gens de Calvos – 1937) a Portuguese botanist.
Vítor Machado Ferreira (born 2000), known as Vitinha a footballer with over 60 club caps and one for Portugal

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ "Executivo e Pelouros".
^ "Prozis investe na expansão da produção na Póvoa de Lanhoso". Câmara Municipal da Póvoa de Lanhoso (in European Portuguese). 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 100-101" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 July 2014.