Monção
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Monção is a municipality in Portugal
with a total area of 211.3 km² and a total population of 19,738 inhabitants (2006).
The municipality is composed of 33 freguesia
s (parishes), and is located in the district of Viana do Castelo
.
The current Mayor is José Emílio Pedreira Moreira, elected by the Socialist Party
.
The municipal holiday is March 12.
It is the place of birth of José Gomes Temporão
, current Minister of Health of Brazil.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
with a total area of 211.3 km² and a total population of 19,738 inhabitants (2006).
The municipality is composed of 33 freguesia
Freguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
s (parishes), and is located in the district of Viana do Castelo
Viana do Castelo (district)
The district of Viana do Castelo is a district located in the northwest of Portugal, bordered by Spain from the north and Braga District from the south. It has an area of 2,255 km² and a population of 252,011 , for a density of 111.8 inhabitants/km²...
.
The current Mayor is José Emílio Pedreira Moreira, elected by the Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....
.
The municipal holiday is March 12.
It is the place of birth of José Gomes Temporão
José Gomes Temporão
José Gomes Temporão is a Brazilian public health physician and politician from the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party. He took office as Brazilian Minister of Health on March 16, 2007, during the second term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration.-Biography:José Gomes Temporão...
, current Minister of Health of Brazil.
Population
| Population of Monção Municipality (1801–2004) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2004 |
| 12,095 | 14,983 | 26,077 | 24,585 | 27,393 | 23,799 | 21,799 | 19,956 | 19,842 |
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See also
- Vinho VerdeVinho VerdeVinho Verde is a Portuguese wine from the Minho region in the far north of the country. The name literally means "Green Wine" , referring to its youthful freshness that leads to a very slight green color on the edges of the wine. The region is characterized by its many small growers, which...
- Brejoeira PalaceBrejoeira PalaceThe Brejoeira Palace, in Portuguese Palácio da Brejoeira. It is a palace in Monção, Portugal.Tha Palace was constructed in the 18th century according to a project from the architect Carlos Amarante.It is classified by IPPAR. since 1910....
- Mercy Charitys's Church of ValadaresMercy Charitys's Church of ValadaresThe Church of the Miserícordia de Valadares , or Church of Mercy/Charity of Valadares, is a 17th/18th-century Portuguese church located in the civil parish of Valadares, municipality of Monção in continental Portugal...
- Longos Vales's MonasteryLongos Vales's MonasteryThe Longos Vales's Monastery in Portuguese, Mosteiro de Longos Vales is a Monastery in Longos Vales, Monção, Portugal.The foundation of the monastery is attributed to D...