Palmeira
Palmeira is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Braga. The population in 2011 was 5,468, in an area of 8.88 km². It is located near the Cávado river, on the south bank, about 5 mi north from the historic center of the city of Braga. Braga Airport is located in Palmeira.Places of Interest
Highlights include Igreja Paroquial de Palmeira and Castelo da Dona Chica.
Igreja Paroquial de Palmeira
Church
Castelo da Dona Chica
Castle
The Castle of Dona Chica is a neo-romantic castle and/or residence located in the civil parish of Palmeira, municipality of Braga, in the northern region of Portugal.
Circuito Vasco Sameiro
The Circuito de Velocidade Vasco Sameiro is a racing circuit located 6 km north of Braga, Portugal at Palmeira. It was constructed in 1990 around the local aerodrome and is 3.021 km long.Places in the Area
Nearby places include São Pedro de Merelim and Dume.
São Pedro de Merelim
Village
Merelim e Frossos is a civil parish in the municipality of Braga, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Merelim and Frossos. The population in 2011 was 3,726, in an area of 3.15 km². São Pedro de Merelim is situated 2½ km southwest of Palmeira.
Dume
Village
Dume is a former freguesia and former bishopric in the municipality of Braga, northern Portugal, which remains a Catholic titular see. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Real, Dume e Semelhe. Dume is situated 2½ km south of Palmeira.
Lago
Village
Lago is a parish in Amares Municipality in the Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,910, in an area of 3.99 km². Lago is situated 2½ km north of Palmeira.
Palmeira
- Type: Town with 5,470 residents
- Description: civil parish in Braga
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Palmeira, Braga, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.59° or 41° 35′ 24″ north
Longitude
-8.42753° or 8° 25′ 39″ west
Population
5,470
Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)
Open location code
8CHHHHRC+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Palmeira” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Palmeira”
- Cebuano: “Palmeira”
- Chechen: “Палмейра”
- Chinese: “Palmeira”
- Dutch: “Palmeira (Braga)”
- Dutch: “Palmeira”
- French: “Palmeira”
- German: “Palmeira”
- Kazakh: “Палмейра”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Palmeira”
- Portuguese: “Palmeira (Braga)”
- Portuguese: “Palmeira”
- Russian: “Палмейра”
- Spanish: “Palmeira”
- Tatar: “Палмейра”
- Turkish: “Palmeira (Braga)”
- Turkish: “Palmeira kaymakamlığı”
- Turkish: “Palmeira”
- Ukrainian: “Палмейра”
- “Palmeira”
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