Prado
Prado is a former civil parish in the municipality of Melgaço in the Viana do Castelo District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Prado e Remoães. It has a population of 468 inhabitants and a total area of 2.61 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 452 residents
- Description: former civil parish in Portugal
- Also known as: “Freguesia de Prado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle of Melgaço and Igreja Paroquial de Melgaço.
Castle of Melgaço
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.
The Castle of Melgaço is located in Vila parish, Melgaço municipality, Viana do Castelo district, in Portugal. As the main defense of the crossing of the Alto Minho river to Galicia, it constitutes the most northern sentry point in Portugal from the twelfth century.
Igreja Paroquial de Melgaço
Church
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Igreja Paroquial de Melgaço is a church.
Igreja da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Melgaço
Church
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Igreja da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Melgaço is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Remoães and São Paio.
Remoães
Village
Remoães is a former civil parish in the municipality of Melgaço in the Viana do Castelo District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Prado e Remoães. It has a population of 124 inhabitants and a total area of 0.96 km2.
São Paio
Village
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
São Paio is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Melgaço. The population in 2011 was 602, in an area of 9.95 km2.
Roussas
Village
Roussas is a former civil parish in the municipality of Melgaço in the Viana do Castelo District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Vila e Roussas. It has a population of 1139 inhabitants and a total area of 4.46 km2.
Prado
- Categories: former freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Vila e Roussas, Melgaço Municipality, Viana do Castelo District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
42.10651° or 42° 6′ 23″ northLongitude
-8.26884° or 8° 16′ 8″ westPopulation
452Elevation
154 metres (505 feet)Open location code
8CJH4P4J+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3819856288OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2735748Wikidata ID
Q2107394
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Prado” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Prado”
- Cebuano: “Prado”
- Chechen: “Праду (Мелгасу)”
- Chechen: “Праду”
- Chinese: “Prado”
- Dutch: “Prado”
- French: “Freguesia de Prado”
- German: “Freguesia de Prado”
- German: “Prado”
- Kazakh: “Праду (Мелгасу)”
- Kazakh: “Праду”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Prado”
- Polish: “Prado (wieś)”
- Polish: “Prado”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Prado”
- Portuguese: “Prado (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Prado (Melgaço)”
- Portuguese: “Prado”
- Russian: “Праду (Мелгасу)”
- Russian: “Праду”
- Spanish: “Freguesia de Prado”
- Spanish: “Prado (Melgazo)”
- Spanish: “Prado”
- Tatar: “Праду (Мелгасу)”
- Tatar: “Праду”
- Turkish: “Prado”
- Turkish: “Prados”
- “Freguesia de Prado”
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