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Civil parish in Norte, Portugal
Freitas e Vila Cova
Civil parish
Freitas e Vila Cova is located in PortugalFreitas e Vila CovaFreitas e Vila CovaLocation in Portugal
Coordinates: 41°30′47″N 8°12′40″W / 41.513°N 8.211°W / 41.513; -8.211
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Intermunic. comm.Ave
DistrictBraga
MunicipalityFafe
Area
 • Total11.48 km (4.43 sq mi)
Population
 • Total804
 • Density70/km (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Freitas e Vila Cova is a civil parish in the northern Portuguese municipality of Fafe, in the district of Braga.

History

The population in 2011 of the former civil parishes included 804 inhabitants, in an area of approximately 11.48 square kilometres (4.43 sq mi).

It was formed in 2013 through the merger of the former-parishes of Freitas and Vila Cova.

Architecture

Civic

  • Freitas Primary School Portuguese: Escola Primária de Freitas)

Religious

  • Chapel of Santa Marinha (Portuguese: Capela de Santa Marinha)
  • Chapel of Santo António (Portuguese: Capela de Santo António)

References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  2. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 138-139" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2014.


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