Paredes de Coura () is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,198, in an area of 138.19 km
2.
The municipality is located in the district of
Viana do Castelo. The present Mayor is Prof. Vitor Paulo Pereira, elected by the
Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is August 10.
Parishes
The municipality is composed of 16 parishes:
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Agualonga
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Bico e Cristelo
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Castanheira
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Cossourado e Linhares
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Coura
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Cunha
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Formariz e Ferreira
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Infesta
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Insalde e Porreiras
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Mozelos
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Padornelo
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Parada
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Paredes de Coura e Resende
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Romarigães
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Rubiães
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Vascões
Paredes de Coura Festival
The town is internationally famous for the
Paredes de Coura summer rock festival.
Notable people
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Tomás Rodrigues da Cunha (1598–1638) a Portuguese
lay brother in the Order of
Discalced Carmelites
The Discalced Carmelites, known officially as the Order of the Discalced Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel () or the Order of Discalced Carmelites (; abbreviation, abbrev.: OCD; sometimes called in earlier times, ), is a Catho ...
, known as ''
Redemptus of the Cross''. Beatified in 1900 by
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII (; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2March 181020July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope, behind those of Peter the Ap ...
References
External links
Municipality official websiteParedes de Coura Festival
Municipalities of Viana do Castelo District
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