Fontaínhas
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Portugal
- Also known as: “Fontainhas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery of Rates and Pillory of Rates.
Monastery of Rates
Church
Photo: PedroPVZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Igreja Paroquial de Balazar
Church
Igreja Paroquial de Balazar is a church, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Fontaínhas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rates and Arcos.
Rates
Town
Photo: PedroPVZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Arcos
Village
Arcos is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Conde, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into Rio Mau e Arcos, a newer parish. In 2011 the population was 819 in an area of 5.81 km2. Arcos is situated 2½ km southwest of Fontaínhas.
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 3 km northeast of Fontaínhas.
Fontaínhas
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Balazar, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.41513° or 41° 24′ 55″ northLongitude
-8.65072° or 8° 39′ 3″ westElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
8CHHC88X+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 7833236977OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Fontaínhas” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fontainhas”
- Dutch: “Fontaínhas”
- Portuguese: “Fontainhas (Póvoa de Varzim)”
- Portuguese: “Fontainhas”
- Spanish: “Fontainhas”
- Spanish: “Fontaínhas”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fontaínhas”. Photo: amaianos, CC BY 2.0.