Encourados
Areias de Vilar e Encourados is a civil parish in the municipality of Barcelos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Areias de Vilar and Encourados. The population in 2011 was 1,879, in an area of 10.17 km².| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Igreja Paroquial de Adães and Igreja Paroquial de Passos.
Igreja Paroquial de Adães
Church
Photo: Joseolgon, Public domain.
Igreja Paroquial de Adães is a church, which is situated 2½ km west of Encourados.
Igreja Paroquial de Passos
Church
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Igreja Paroquial de Passos is a church, which is situated 3 km east of Encourados.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Martim and Pousa.
Martim
Village
Martim is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Barcelos. The population in 2011 was 2,375, in an area of 5.32 km2.
Pousa
Village
Pousa is a Portuguese freguesia, located in the municipality of Barcelos. The population in 2011 was 2,272, in an area of 6.63 km2. Pousa is located in between the two sub-cities in the northern region of Portugal.
Adães
Village
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Adães is a Portuguese freguesia, located in the municipality of Barcelos. The population in 2011 was 790, in an area of 2.69 km2. Adães is situated 2½ km west of Encourados.
Encourados
- Type: Village with 514 residents
- Description: former civil parish in Portugal
- Categories: former freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Areias de Vilar e Encourados, Barcelos, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.53118° or 41° 31′ 52″ northLongitude
-8.53359° or 8° 32′ 1″ westPopulation
514Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)Open location code
8CHHGFJ8+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 3082696896OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2740026Wikidata ID
Q1340130
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Encourados” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Encourados”
- Catalan: “Encourados”
- Cebuano: “Encourados”
- Chechen: “Энкорадуш”
- Dutch: “Encourados”
- French: “Encourados”
- German: “Encourados”
- Kazakh: “Энкорадуш”
- Portuguese: “Encourados”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Encourados”
- Portuguese: “Santiago de Encourados”
- Russian: “Энкорадуш”
- Spanish: “Encourados”
- Tatar: “Энкорадуш”
- Turkish: “Encourados”
- Turkish: “Enxames”
- Ukrainian: “Енкорадуш”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Igreja Paroquial de São Tiago de Encourados and Cemitério Paroquial de Encourados.
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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 “Encourados”. Photo: Sqjaques, CC BY-SA 4.0.