Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Norte
- Intermunic comm
- Alto Tâmega
- District
- Vila Real
- Parishes
- 41 (see text)
- President
- Nuno Vaz ( PS )
- Total
- 591.23 km (228.28 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 371 m (1,217 ft)
- Density
- 69.758/km (180.67/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Livração
- Website
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Chaves ( European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃavɨʃ] ), officially the City of Chaves (Portuguese: Cidade de Chaves), is a city and a municipality in the north of Portugal. It is 10 km south of the Spanish border and 22 km south of Verín (Spain). The population of the entire municipality in 2011 was 41,243, in an area of 591.23 km. The municipality is the second most populous of the district of Vila Real (the district capital, Vila Real, is 60 km south on the A24 motorway). With origins in the Roman civitas Aquæ Flaviæ, Chaves has developed into a regional centre. The urban area or city proper has 17,535 residents (2001).
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