Place:Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal

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NameViana do Castelo
Alt namesVelobrigasource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) XII, 341-342
TypeConcelho
Coordinates41.683°N 8.833°W
Located inViana do Castelo, Portugal
Contained Places
Freguesia
Afife
Alvarães
Amonde
Anha
Areosa
Barroselas
Capareiros
Cardielos
Carreço
Carvoeiro
Castelo do Neiva
Chafé
Darque
Deocriste
Deão
Freixiero de Soutelo
Geraz Santa Maria
Lanheses
Mazarefes
Meadela
Meixedo
Montaria
Moreira de Geraz do Lima
Mujães
Neiva
Nogueira e São Cláudio
Outeiro
Perre
Portela Susã
Serreleis
Subportela
Torre
Vila Franca
Vila Fria
Vila Mou
Vila de Punhe
Vilar de Murteda
Inhabited place
Viana do Castelo
Parish
Geraz Santa Leocádia
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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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, has a population of approximately 36,148 inhabitants, although the extended densely populated region reaches surrounding municipalities like Caminha and Ponte de Lima with a population above 150,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Portuguese Way path, an alternative path of the Camino de Santiago, and at the mouth of the Lima river.

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