Franco
Franco is a former civil parish and village located at the westernmost extremity of the municipality of Mirandela, from which it is about 16 km away. The former parish borders the municipalities of Murça and Valpaços and lies adjacent to the IP4 motorway junction.- Type: Village with 284 residents
- Description: former civil parish in Mirandela, Portugal
- Also known as: “Franco (freguesia)”, “Franco (Mirandela)”, and “Freguesia de Franco”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lamas de Orelhão and Vila Boa.
Vila Boa
Village
Vila Boa is a former civil parish and village in the municipality of Mirandela. Vila Boa is situated 4½ km south of Franco.
Franco
- Categories: former freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: União das freguesias de Franco e Vila Boa, Mirandela, Braganza District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.43438° or 41° 26′ 4″ north
Longitude
-7.34213° or 7° 20′ 32″ west
Population
284
Elevation
499 metres (1,637 feet)
Open location code
8CHJCMM5+Q4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Franco” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Franco”
- Cebuano: “Franco”
- Chechen: “Франку (Мирандела)”
- Chechen: “Франку”
- Chinese: “弗朗库”
- Dutch: “Franco”
- French: “Freguesia de Franco”
- German: “Franco”
- German: “Freguesia de Franco”
- Kazakh: “Frankw”
- Kazakh: “Франку”
- Kazakh: “فرانكۋ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Franco”
- Portuguese: “Franco”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Franco”
- Russian: “Франку”
- Spanish: “Franco”
- Spanish: “Freguesia de Franco”
- Tatar: “Франку (Мирандела)”
- Tatar: “Франку”
- Turkish: “Franco”
- Ukrainian: “Франку (Португалія)”
- Ukrainian: “Франку”
- “Freguesia de Franco”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Freguesia de Pereira and Alto de Aila.
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Highlights: Garraio and Miradouro de Santa Comba.
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