Monção (; ) is a municipality in the district of
Viana do Castelo
Viana do Castelo () is a concelho, municipality and seat of the district of Viana do Castelo District, Viana do Castelo in the Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2021 was 85,778, in an area of . The urbanized are ...
in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,230,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
/ref> in an area of 211.31 km2.
The current mayor is the Social Democrat António Barbosa. The municipal holiday is March 12.
Climate
Monção has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...
(Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
: ''Csa'') with mild, rainy winters and hot dry summers. Although short, the summer season is dry enough to avoid being classified has a humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a subtropical -temperate climate type, characterized by long and hot summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between ...
or an oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen climate classification, Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of co ...
like nearby Vigo
Vigo (, ; ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest ...
.
Notable people
* Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro
Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro (5 November 1846, in Pias, Monção – 14 May 1918, in Lisbon; ) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese army officer and politician. He was a career military officer reaching the position of General, also graduate ...
(1846 in Pias, Monção – 1918) an army officer and politician; 10th Count of Pimenta de Castro
* José Gomes Temporão
José Gomes Temporão (born 20 October 1951) is a Brazilian public health physician and politician, formerly of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, who later joined the Brazilian Socialist Party. He was Brazilian Minister of Health from 2007 ...
(born 1951) a Brazilian public health physician and Minister of Health of Brazil, 2007 to 2010.
* Fernando Vilar
Fernando Vilar (born 15 February 1954) is a Portuguese-born Uruguayan journalist and news anchor.
Born in Lara, Monção, Northern Portugal, he has lived in Uruguay since his childhood. He started his journalist career in the 1980s at El Espectado ...
(born 1954 in Lara, Monção) a Uruguayan journalist and news anchor.
Population
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 24 civil parishes ('' freguesias''):
* Abedim
* Anhões e Luzio
* Barbeita
* Barroças e Taias
* Bela
* Cambeses
* Ceivães e Badim
* Lara
* Longos Vales
* Mazedo e Cortes
* Merufe
* Messegães, Valadares e Sá
* Monção e Troviscoso
* Moreira
* Pias
* Pinheiros
* Podame
* Portela
* Riba de Mouro
* Sago, Lordelo e Parada
* Segude
* Tangil
* Troporiz e Lapela
* Trute
See also
*Vinho Verde
Vinho Verde (; , nonliterally 'young wine') refers to Portuguese wine that originated in the historic Minho Province in the far north of the country. The modern-day 'Vinho Verde' region, originally designated in 1908, includes the old Minho Pro ...
*Brejoeira Palace
The Brejoeira Palace ( Portuguese: Palácio da Brejoeira) is a palace in Monção, Portugal.
The Palace was constructed in the 18th century according to a project from the architect Carlos Amarante
Carlos Luís Ferreira da Cruz Amarante (30 Octo ...
*Mercy Charitys's Church of Valadares
Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French , from Medieval Latin , "price paid, wages", from Latin , "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social, and legal contexts.
In the social and leg ...
*Longos Vales's Monastery
The Longos Vales's Monastery () is a monastery in Longos Vales, Monção, Portugal.
History
The foundation of the monastery is attributed to D. Afonso Henriques in the second half of the 12th century.
The only enduring element of the primitiv ...
* Castelo de Monção
References
External links
Municipality official website
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