Rates
Rates is a Portuguese parish and a former township located in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim. The population in 2011 was 2,505, in an area of 13.90 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Pillory of Rates and Monastery of Rates.
Monastery of Rates
Church
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The Monastery of Rates was a Benedictine monastery located in the parish of Rates in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, in Portugal. The part of the monastery that has survived to this day is the bell-tower and, most importantly, the Church dedicated to St Peter of Rates, mostly known as Romanesque Church of Rates, which is a national monument since 1910.
São Félix Hill
Peak
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São Félix Hill or Mount São Félix, Monte de São Félix in Portuguese, is the highest hill in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, 202 metres. São Félix Hill is situated 3½ km west of Rates.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fontaínhas and Freguesia de Rio Mau.
Fontaínhas
Hamlet
Fontaínhas is a Portuguese village in the civil parish of Balazar in the district of Póvoa de Varzim. It is on the N206 road at the boundary with the parish of Rates.
Freguesia de Rio Mau
Village
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Freguesia de Rio Mau is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Rates.
Macieira de Rates
Village
Macieira de Rates is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Barcelos. The population in 2011 was 2,083, in an area of 7.85 km2. Macieira de Rates is situated 3½ km east of Rates.
Rates
- Type: Town with 2,510 residents
- Description: civil parish in Póvoa de Varzim
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Rates, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.42807° or 41° 25′ 41″ northLongitude
-8.67395° or 8° 40′ 26″ westPopulation
2,510Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)United Nations Location Code
PT PPROpen location code
8CHHC8HG+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 1958918573OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Rates” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Rates”
- Cebuano: “Rates”
- Chechen: “Ратеш”
- Chinese: “Rates”
- Chinese: “拉蒂什”
- Dutch: “Rates”
- French: “Rates”
- German: “Rates”
- Irish: “Rates”
- Italian: “Rates”
- Kazakh: “Rateş”
- Kazakh: “Ратеш”
- Kazakh: “راتەش”
- Malay: “Rates (mukim Portugal)”
- Malay: “Rates”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rates”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Rates”
- Portuguese: “Rates”
- Russian: “Ратеш”
- Spanish: “Rates”
- Spanish: “Sao Pedro de Rates”
- Spanish: “São Pedro de Rates”
- Tatar: “Ратеш”
- Turkish: “Rates”
- Turkish: “São Pedro de Rates”
- “Rates”
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