Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva

Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva is a town in União das freguesias de Vila Cova de Alva e Anseriz, Arganil Municipality, Coimbra District and has about 142 residents. Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva is situated nearby to the hamlet Digueifel, as well as near Vinho.

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Town with 142 residents
Description: former civil parish in Portugal
Also known as: “Vila Cova”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pelourinho de Vila Cova de Alva and Solar Abreu Mesquita.

Pelourinho de Vila Cova de Alva

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Solar Abreu Mesquita

Manor estate

Photo: João Carvalho, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Solar Abreu Mesquita is a manor estate.

Castle of Avô

Castle

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The Castle of Avô is a medieval castle located in the civil parish of Avô, municipality of Oliveira do Hospital, in the Portuguese district of Coimbra. Castle of Avô is situated 3½ km east of Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freguesia de Cerdeira and Vila Pouca da Beira.

Freguesia de Cerdeira

Village

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Freguesia de Cerdeira is a village, which is situated 2½ km south of Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva.

Vila Pouca da Beira

Village

Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Vila Pouca da Beira is a village and former civil parish in the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santa Ovaia e Vila Pouca da Beira. Vila Pouca da Beira is situated 3½ km northeast of Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva.

Avô

Town

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY 2.0.

Avô is a civil parish in the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 595, in an area of 7.17 km2. Avô is situated 3½ km east of Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva.

Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva

Categories: former freguesia of Portugal and locality
Location: União das freguesias de Vila Cova de Alva e Anseriz, Arganil Municipality, Coimbra District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

40.28338° or 40° 17′ 0″ north

Longitude

-7.94205° or 7° 56′ 31″ west

Population

142

Elevation

251 metres (823 feet)

Open location code

8CGJ73M5+95

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1121986383

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

2732665

Wikidata ID

Q3687

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva” goes by many names.

Asturian: “Vila Cova de Alva”
Catalan: “Vila Cova de Alva”
Cebuano: “Vila Cova de Alva”
Chechen: “Вила-Кова-де-Алва”
Dutch: “Vila Cova de Alva”
French: “Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva”
German: “Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva”
German: “Vila Cova de Alva”
Italian: “Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva”
Kazakh: “Вила-Кова-де-Алва”
Occitan (post 1500): “Vila Cova de Alva”
Portuguese: “Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva”
Portuguese: “Vila Cova de Alva (freguesia)”
Portuguese: “Vila Cova de Alva”
Russian: “Вила-Кова-де-Алва”
Spanish: “Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva”
Spanish: “Vila Cova de Alva”
Tatar: “Вила-Кова-де-Алва”
Turkish: “Vila Cova de Alva”
Turkish: “Vila Cova de Sub-Avô”
Ukrainian: “Віла-Кова-де-Алва”
“Freguesia de Vila Cova de Alva”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Solar dos Condes da Guarda and Igreja da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Vila Cova de Alva.

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