Póvoa de Lanhoso explained

Type:	municipality
Coordinates:	41.5667°N -24°W
Region:	Norte
Cim:	Ave
District:	Braga
Leader Party:	PSD
Leader Name:	Avelino Silva
Area Total:	134.65
Population Total:	21886
Population As Of:	2011
Parishes:	22

Póvoa de Lanhoso (pronounced as /pt/) is a municipality in the district of Braga, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,886,^[1] in an area of 134.65 km².^[2]

The present Mayor is Avelino Silva,^[3] elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is March 19.

Economy

Agriculture, forestry and tourism are important economic activities in the municipality. Light industry is present too. Prozis, a multinational sports nutrition company headquartered in Esposende, has a major industrial plant in Póvoa de Lanhoso.^[4]

Parishes

The municipality is subdivided into the following 22 parishes:^[5]

• Águas Santas e Moure
• Calvos e Frades
• Campos e Louredo
• Covelas
• Esperança e Brunhais
• Ferreiros
• Fonte Arcada e Oliveira
• Galegos
• Garfe
• Geraz do Minho
• Lanhoso
• Monsul
• Póvoa de Lanhoso
• Rendufinho
• Santo Emilião
• São João de Rei
• Serzedelo
• Sobradelo da Goma
• Taíde
• Travassos
• Verim, Friande e Ajude
• Vilela

Notable people

• Gonçalo Sampaio (1865 in São Gens de Calvos – 1937) a Portuguese botanist.
• Vítor Machado Ferreira (born 2000), known as Vitinha a footballer with over 60 club caps and one for Portugal

External links

• Municipality official website
• Photos from Póvoa de Lanhoso

Notes and References

1. http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. Web site: Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país . 2018-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ . 2018-11-05 . dead .
3. Web site: Executivo e Pelouros.
4. Web site: 2021-05-14 . Prozis investe na expansão da produção na Póvoa de Lanhoso . 2023-02-04 . Câmara Municipal da Póvoa de Lanhoso . pt-PT.
5. Web site: Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 100-101. 10 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. Portuguese.