Chaviães is a former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the municipality of Melgaço in the

Viana do Castelo District The Viana do Castelo District ( ) is a district located in the northwest of Portugal, bordered on the north by Spain ( Galicia) and on the south by Braga District. It has an area of and a population of 252,011 (2006), for a density of 111.8 inha ...

, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish

Chaviães e Paços Chaviães e Paços is a civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin ...

. It has a population of 431 inhabitants and a total area of 4.47 km². Demographics of Melgaço
Chaviaes

References

Freguesias of Melgaço, Portugal {{VianadoCastelo-geo-stub