Vila Cova da Lixa
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| Region : | Norte | |||||
| Sub-region : | Tâmega e Sousa | |||||
| District : | postage | |||||
| Concelho : | Felgueiras | |||||
| Freguesia : | União das Freguesias de Vila Cova da Lixa e Borba de Godim | |||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 19 ′ N , 8 ° 10 ′ W | |||||
Vila Cova da Lixa is a place and a former municipality in Portugal .
Vila Cova da Lixa belongs to the Felgueiras district in the Porto district in the Norte region .
Vila Cova da Lixa is 7 km away from Felgueiras. The community had an area of 5.7 km² and 3847 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011) and belonged to the Concelho Lixa .
On September 29, 2013, as part of the administrative reorganization in Portugal, the municipalities of Vila Cova da Lixa and Borba de Godim were merged to form the new municipality of União das Freguesias de Vila Cova da Lixa e Borba de Godim . Vila Cova da Lixa is the seat of this newly formed municipality.
economy
Vinho Verde is grown in Vila Cova de Lixa .
Personalities
- Leonardo Coimbra (1883–1936), philosopher , professor and politician
- Uriel da Costa (1585–1640) religious philosopher and free thinker
Web links
- Map of the Freguesia Vila Cova da Lixa at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
Individual evidence
- ^ Atlas de Portugal , Portuguese, accessed April 25, 2010
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014