Paredes de Coura
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Paredes de Coura | |
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Coordinates: 41°54′N 8°33′W / 41.900°N 8.550°W | |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Norte |
Intermunic. comm. | Alto Minho |
District | Viana do Castelo |
Parishes | 16 |
Government | |
• President | Prof. Vitor Paulo Pereira (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 138.19 km2 (53.36 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 9,198 |
• Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Website | www |
Paredes de Coura (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐˈɾeðɨʒ ðɨ ˈkoɾɐ] ) is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,198,[1] in an area of 138.19 km2.[2]
The municipality is located in the district of Viana do Castelo. The present Mayor is Prof. Vitor Paulo Pereira, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is August 10.
Parishes
The municipality is composed of 16 parishes:[3]
Paredes de Coura Festival
The town is internationally famous for the Paredes de Coura summer rock festival.
Notable people
- Tomás Rodrigues da Cunha (1598–1638) a Portuguese lay brother in the Order of Discalced Carmelites, known as Redemptus of the Cross. Beatified in 1900 by Pope Leo XIII
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Eurostat
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 89" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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