Gatão

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Gatão
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Coordinates : 41 ° 18 ′  N , 8 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 18 ′  N , 8 ° 4 ′  W

Gatão is a place and a former municipality in northern Portugal

Photograph of Gatão Church (1892)

Gatão belongs to the Amarante district in the Porto district . The municipality had an area of ​​6 km² and has 1587 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Location of the former municipality in the Amarante district until September 2013

On September 29, 2013, the municipalities of Gatão, Madalena , Cepelos and Amarante (São Gonçalo) were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Amarante (São Gonçalo), Madalena, Cepelos e Gatão .

The place Gatão gives its name to the wine of the same name, as the grapes originally came from this place.

Attractions

Daughters and sons of the city

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014
  2. ↑ Adega24: Gatão - Vinho Verde (white wine, Portugal) - Adega24. Retrieved January 23, 2017 .

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