Lixa do Alvão
Lixa do Alvão is a village in Alvão, Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality, Vila Real District and has about 424 residents and an elevation of 924 metres. Lixa do Alvão is situated near the neighborhood Bairro do Alto da Cruz, as well as near the hamlet Paredes.- Type: Village with 424 residents
- Description: former civil parish in Portugal
- Also known as: “Lixa do Alvao”, “Lixa do Alvão (freguesia)”, and “Lobao”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mamoa do Alto do Cotorino and Castle of Pena de Aguiar.
Mamoa do Alto do Cotorino
Archaeological site
Castle of Pena de Aguiar
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Vila Pouca de Aguiar train station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality and Freguesia de Gouvães da Serra.
Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Freguesia de Gouvães da Serra
Village
Lixa do Alvão
- Categories: former freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Alvão, Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality, Vila Real District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.50229° or 41° 30′ 8″ north
Longitude
-7.6904° or 7° 41′ 26″ west
Population
424
Elevation
924 metres (3,031 feet)
Open location code
8CHJG825+WR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Lixa do Alvão” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Lixa do Alvão”
- Cebuano: “Lixa do Alvão”
- Chechen: “Лиша-ду-Алван”
- Dutch: “Lixa do Alvão”
- French: “Lixa do Alvão”
- German: “Freguesia de Lixa do Alvão”
- German: “Lixa do Alvão”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Lixa do Alvão”
- Portuguese: “Lixa do Alvão”
- Russian: “Лиша-ду-Алван”
- Spanish: “Lixa do Alvão”
- Tatar: “Лиша-ду-Алван”
- Turkish: “Lixa do Alvão”
- “Freguesia de Lixa do Alvão”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bairro do Alto da Cruz and Paredes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Capela de Santo António da Lixa do Alvão and Cemitério de Lixa do Alvão.
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