Arcos de Valdevez

Also known as Arcos de Valdevez Municipality

municipality of Portugal

Key facts

Country: Portugal
Region: Norte
Intermunic comm: Alto Minho
District: Viana do Castelo
President: Francisco Rodrigues de Araújo ( PSD )
Total: 447.60 km (172.82 sq mi)
Elevation: 47 m (154 ft)
Highest elevation: 1,416 m (4,646 ft)
Density: 51.043/km (132.20/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+00:00 ( WET )
Summer dst: UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
Patron: São Paio

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Arcos de Valdevez ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈaɾkuʒ ðɨ ˌvaldɨˈveʃ] ) is a municipality along the northern frontier of Portugal and Galicia (Spain). The population in 2011 was 22,847, in an area of 447.60 km. It is the largest municipality in area of the district of Viana do Castelo.

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