Ovil
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| Coordinates : | 41 ° 11 ′ N , 8 ° 1 ′ W | |||||
| Postal code : | 4640-389 | |||||
Ovil is a locality and former municipality in northern Portugal .
Anta da Aboboreira
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administration
Ovil was the seat of the homonymous municipality ( Freguesia ) in the Baião district in the Porto district . The community covered an area of 16.7 km² and had 702 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
As part of the administrative reorganization in Portugal in 2013, the municipality of Ovil was merged with the municipality of Campelo to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Campelo e Ovil .
Prehistoric building heritage
- Anta da Aboboreira or Anta de Chã de Parada or Dólmen da Fonte do Mel
- Conjunto Megalitico de Outeiro de Gregos
- Conjunto Megalítico de Meninas do Crasto
- Conjunto Megalitico de Outeiro de Ante
Sons and daughters of the church
- António Mota (* 1957), writer, best known as an author of books for children and young people
Web links
Commons : Anta da Aboboreira - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Conjunto Megalitico de Outeiro de Gregos - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Map of the Freguesia Ovil at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Information on Ovil. amarante.pt, accessed June 12, 2011 (Portuguese).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Publication of the new municipal regulations in the Diário da República , the Portuguese law gazette , accessed on May 21, 2014