Place:Castro Laboreiro, Melgaço, Viana do Castelo, Portugal

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NameCastro Laboreiro
TypeFreguesia
Coordinates42.033333°N 8.166667°W
Located inMelgaço, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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Castro Laboreiro is a village and a former civil parish in the municipality of Melgaço in the Viana do Castelo District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro. It is in the mountain range of the Laboreiro. As of 2001 the area had 726 inhabitants. The name derives from Castro, a hill fort, and Lepporariu, "of hares", a Latin name from Roman times.

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