Ponte da Barca (; ) is a municipality in the district of

Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo () is a municipality and seat of the district of Viana do Castelo in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 88,725, in an area of 319.02 km². The urbanized area of the municipality, comprising the city, ...

in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 12,061,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 182.11 km². The present Mayor is Augusto Manuel Dos Reis Marinho, elected by the

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. The municipal holiday is August 24.

Climate

Ponte da Barca has a

Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

with

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humid subtropical A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...

influences. It has warm to hot summers and mild, very wet winters.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 17 civil parishes (''

freguesias ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...

''): * Azias * Boivães * Bravães * Britelo * Crasto, Ruivos e Grovelas * Cuide de Vila Verde * Entre Ambos-os-Rios, Ermida e Germil * Lavradas * Lindoso * Nogueira * Oleiros *

Ponte da Barca, Vila Nova da Muía e Paço Vedro de Magalhães Ponte da Barca, Vila Nova da Muía e Paço Vedro de Magalhães is a parish in Ponte da Barca Municipality, Viana do Castelo District The Viana do Castelo District ( pt, Distrito de Viana do Castelo ) is a district located in the northwest of Por ...

* Sampriz * Vade São Pedro * Vade São Tomé * Touvedo (São Lourenço e Salvador) * Vila Chã (São João Baptista e Santiago) Ponte Barca Abril 2019-3a

Notable people

João Uva João Pedro Azevedo de Sousa Uva (born 19 May 1980 in Lisbon) is a former Portuguese rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a flanker. He played for Belenenses, where he won the Portuguese Cup in 2000-01, the Portuguese Super ...

(born 1980) a former rugby union footballer *

Adérito Esteves Adérito Assunção Tiny Glória Esteves (born Sanpriz, Ponte da Barca, 8 October 1985) is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a wing. Esteves has played for Rugby Clube de Oeiras, AEIS Agronomia and Grupo Desportivo Direito, in Portu ...

(born Sanpriz, Ponte da Barca 1985) a Portuguese rugby union player.

References

External links

Municipality official website

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Peace
Municipalities of Viana do Castelo District {{VianadoCastelo-geo-stub