Melgaço, Portugal

Melgaço
Municipality
Flag of Melgaço Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates:
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Subregion	Minho-Lima
Intermunic. comm.	Alto Minho
District	Viana do Castelo
Parishes	13
Government
• President	António Rui Esteves Solheiro (PS)
Area
• Total	238.25 km2 (91.99 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	9,213
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)
Website	http://www.cm-melgaco.pt

Melgaço (Portuguese pronunciation: [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.

The present Mayor is António Rui Esteves Solheiro, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.

Parishes

File:01.Freguesias de Melgaco.png

Location of parishes (mountainous in dark)

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
• Giants figures of Monsters, near the river (Mount Prado), "Arganões",possibly vickings.
• Chaviães romanique church
• São João Fountain

Parish churches

• Alvaredo Church.jpg

  Alvaredo

• Chaviaes.JPG

  Chaviães

• Cousso Church.JPG

  Cousso

• Cristoval.JPG

  Cristoval

• Cubalhao.JPG

  Cubalhão

• Fiaes.jpg

  Fiães

• Gave.JPG

  Gave

• Lamas de Mouro.JPG

  Lamas de Mouro

• Pacos Melgaco.JPG

  Paços

• Parada do Monte Church.JPG

  Parada do Monte

• Penso Melgaco.JPG

  Penso

• Remoaes.JPG

  Remoães

• Roussas.JPG

  Roussas

• Sao Paio Church.JPG

  São Paio

• Matriz Melgaco.jpg

  Vila

External links

• Municipality official website
• Melgaço Photographs