Vieira do Minho (, ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

district of Braga The district of Braga ( pt, Distrito de 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, Spain ( Galicia) ...

, in the north of

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

. The population in 2011 was 12,997,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 216.44 km².Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
/ref> The present mayor is António Cardoso, elected by a coalition between PSD and the CDS–PP.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 16 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 ...

''): * Anissó e Soutelo * Anjos e Vilar do Chão * Caniçada e Soengas * Cantelães * Eira Vedra * Guilhofrei * Louredo * Mosteiro * Parada do Bouro * Pinheiro * Rossas * Ruivães e Campos * Salamonde * Tabuaças * Ventosa e Cova * Vieira do Minho

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 with 2,071 inhabitants.

Notable people

* Senhorinha of Basto (942–982) a Portuguese

Benedictine , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

abbess An abbess (Latin: ''abbatissa''), also known as a mother superior, is the female superior of a community of Catholic nuns in an abbey. Description In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic ...

* Manuel Monteiro (born Anissó 1962) a jurist, academic professor and former politician. * Romeu Ribeiro (born 1989) a footballer with over 350 club caps

References

External links

Municipality official websitePágina Oficial Facebook
Towns in Portugal {{Braga-geo-stub