Caminha
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Caminha () is a town and a municipality in northwestern Portugal, located north of Viana do Castelo, in Viana do Castelo District. In 2021, 2,373 people lived within the town of Caminha, and 15,797 lived in the municipality as a whole, in an area of . Caminha municipality is subdivided into 14 civil parishes, including the town and parish of Vila Praia de Âncora. The parish Vilar de Mouros is well known for the oldest rock festival in Portugal.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-cmn1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- Brasão de Caminha.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Caminha e Camposancos.JPG
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 10
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe point
- none
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Norte
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Alto Minho
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Viana do Castelo
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 14
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- Rui Lages
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PS
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 136.52
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2021
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 15797
- Portuguese subdivision.website
- http://www.cm-caminha.pt
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Parishes
- Attractions
- Population
- Infrastructure
- Notable people
- Sport
- International relations
- References
- External links
Caminha () is a town and a municipality in northwestern Portugal, located north of Viana do Castelo, in Viana do Castelo District. In 2021, 2,373 people lived within the town of Caminha, and 15,797 lived in the municipality as a whole, in an area of . Caminha municipality is subdivided into 14 civil parishes, including the town and parish of Vila Praia de Âncora. The parish Vilar de Mouros is well known for the oldest rock festival in Portugal.
The present Mayor is Rui Lages from the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caminha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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