Vila Praia de Âncora

Vila Praia de Âncora
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Alto Minho
District :	Viana do Castelo
Concelho :	Caminha
Coordinates :	41 ° 49 ′  N , 8 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′  N , 8 ° 52 ′  W
Residents:	4820 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	8.37 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	576 inhabitants per km²
politics
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Vila Praia de Âncora Rua Miguel Bombarda 4910-524 Vila Praia de Âncora
Website:	www.jf-vpancora.com

Vila Praia de Âncora is a municipality in the Caminha district of the Viana do Castelo district in Portugal . The community has an area of ​​8.4 km² 4820 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Church (pt: Igreja Matriz) of Vila Praia de Âncora

The place was renamed from Santa Marinha de Gontinhães to Vila Praia de Âncora in 1924 when the place was raised to Vila ( German small town ), but is still known by the name.

Attractions

• Dólmen da Barrosa , megalithic complex

traffic

The municipality is connected to the A28 Autoestrada , which runs from Porto to Caminha , and the Linha do Minho .

sons and daughters of the town

• Carlos Pinheiro (1925–2010), auxiliary bishop of Braga
• Quim Barreiros (born 1947), singer

Web links

Commons : Vila Praia de Âncora  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Vila Praia de Âncora at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ^ History of the place . freguesiasdeportugal.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 26, 2010.