Freitas e Vila Cova
Freitas e Vila Cova is located in Portugal
Freitas e Vila Cova
Freitas e Vila Cova
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 41°30′47″N 8°12′40″W / 41.513°N 8.211°W / 41.513; -8.211
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Intermunic. comm.Ave
DistrictBraga
MunicipalityFafe
Area
  Total11.48 km2 (4.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total804
  Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Freitas e Vila Cova is a civil parish in the northern Portuguese municipality of Fafe, in the district of Braga.

History

The population in 2011 of the former civil parishes included 804 inhabitants,[1] in an area of approximately 11.48 square kilometres (4.43 sq mi).

It was formed in 2013 through the merger of the former-parishes of Freitas and Vila Cova.[2]

Architecture

Civic

  • Freitas Primary School Portuguese: Escola Primária de Freitas)

Religious

  • Chapel of Santa Marinha (Portuguese: Capela de Santa Marinha)
  • Chapel of Santo António (Portuguese: Capela de Santo António)

References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  2. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 138-139" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2014.



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