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Vila Pouca de Aguiar (pron
Pronunciation

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. ) is a municipality in Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 with a total area of 437.1 km² and a total population of 15,100 inhabitants. The town itself has 3,456 inhabitants.

The municipality is composed of 18 parishes, and is located in the district of Vila Real
Vila Real (district)

The District of Vila Real is a district of northern Portugal. With an area of 4,239 km?, the district is located west of the port city of Porto and north of the Douro....
. It is located in a narrow valley 25 kilometers north of the district capital, Vila Real, and is connected to the same by National highway N2.






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Vila Pouca de Aguiar (pron
Pronunciation

"Pronunciation" refers to the way a word or a language is usually spoken, or the manner in which someone utters a word. If someone said to have "correct pronunciation," then it refers to both within a particular dialect....
. ) is a municipality in Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 with a total area of 437.1 km² and a total population of 15,100 inhabitants. The town itself has 3,456 inhabitants.

The municipality is composed of 18 parishes, and is located in the district of Vila Real
Vila Real (district)

The District of Vila Real is a district of northern Portugal. With an area of 4,239 km?, the district is located west of the port city of Porto and north of the Douro....
. It is located in a narrow valley 25 kilometers north of the district capital, Vila Real, and is connected to the same by National highway N2. The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, some dairying, services, government employment, granite extraction and the mineral waters in Pedras Salgadas
Pedras Salgadas

Pedras Salgadas is a small town in the district of Vila Real, district, in north central Portugal, located approximately 37 km north of the district capital of Vila Real....
, a small town located about ten kilometers north on the main highway to Chaves
Chaves

Chaves is a modern Portuguese and old Spanish word meaning "keys", and may refer to:*Chaves , a city and municipality.*Chaves County, in New Mexico, United Sates....
.

In 2006 the A7 toll road to Guimarães
Guimarães

Guimar?es is a city and List of municipalities of Portugal in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the Braga . In the 9th century, V?mara Peres was able to expel the Moors and founded a fortified town under his own name Vimaranis which later became Guimaranis, present day Guimar?es....
 was completed and the last stretch of the A24, connecting Vila Pouca with Vila Real
Vila Real

Vila Real is a town and a municipalities of Portugal, seat of the district of Vila Real, in Norte region, Portugal.The municipality is composed of 30 parishes and has a total area of 378.8 km? and a total population of 50,499 inhabitants in the municipality....
 was opened in June 2007. This non-toll four-lane highway linking Coimbra with the Spanish border in Vila Verde will allow long-distance traffic to avoid the dangerous and tiresome national N2. One of the longest and highest highway bridges in Europe was built just south of Vila Pouca, carrying traffic across the fertile valley.

The present Mayor is Domingos Manuel Pinto Batista Dias, elected by a coalition between the Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD, however in voting ballots its Acronym and initialism appears as PPD/PSD, the first three letters coming from the party's first name Partido Popular Democr?tico ....
 and the Democratic and Social Center.

The municipal holiday is June 22.

Parishes

Parishes in Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Afonsim Lixa do Alvão Telões
Alfarela de Jales Parada de Monteiros Tresminas
Bornes de Aguiar Pensalvos Valoura
Bragado Sabroso de Aguiar Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Capeludos Santa Marta da Montanha Vreia de Bornes
Gouvães da Serra Soutelo de Aguiar Vreia de Jales


History

In the early 20th century, the leading figure in the area was the native-born Martiniano José Ferreira Botelho (1853 - 1939), a doctor
Physician

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, druggist and Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 politician, known from his residence as Lord of the House of the County. His humanitarian character was shown by treating his patients gratuitously. His doctoral thesis was on medicinal use of the waters of the area, Breve estudo sobre as águas alcalino-gazósas das Pedras Salgadas, available in the .

Botelho' donated land to the community for the current market Square, as well as the municipal slaughter house and water mine.










See also

  • House of the County
    House of the County

    The House of the County or Casa do Condado is since 2007 the museum of Vila Pouca de Aguiar in Portugal. It includes a collection of cultural goods constituted by archaeological and ethnographic materials of great value from the region....


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