Darque
Darque is a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,817, in an area of 9.01 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Darque train station and Castelo de Portuzelo.
Darque train station
Railway stop
Photo: Nelso Silva, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Darque train station is a railway stop.
Castelo de Portuzelo
Castle
Castelo de Portuzelo is a castle in Portugal. It is classified by IGESPAR as a Site of Public Interest.
Gil Eannes
Photo: Nsandre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gil Eannes is a former Portuguese hospital ship, now permanently moored in the Port of Viana do Castelo, serving as museum ship and youth hostel. The official name of the ship is written according to the old spelling of the Portuguese language, but occasionally it appears written with the modern spelling Gil Eanes. Gil Eannes is situated 3 km west of Darque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anha and Mazarefes.
Anha
Town
Photo: Barbarafpoliveira, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anha or Vila Nova do Anha is a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,415, in an area of 9.40 km2. Town status was given in July 1985.
Mazarefes
Village
Mazarefes was a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, with a population of 1 343 inhabitants. Since 2013, it was merged with the parish of Vila Fria, forming Mazarefes e Vila Fria. Mazarefes is situated 2½ km east of Darque.
Chafé
Village
Chafé is a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,841, in an area of 7.85 km2. It is located near the Atlantic coast, 7 km south of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 59 km north of Porto. Chafé is situated 4 km south of Darque.
Darque
- Type: Town with 7,820 residents
- Description: civil parish in Viana do Castelo
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Mazarefes e Vila Fria, Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.68311° or 41° 40′ 59″ northLongitude
-8.79619° or 8° 47′ 46″ westPopulation
7,820Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)United Nations Location Code
PT DAROpen location code
8CHHM6M3+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 257994562OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Darque” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Darque”
- Cebuano: “Darque”
- Chechen: “Дарке”
- Chinese: “Darque”
- Dutch: “Darque”
- French: “Darque”
- German: “Darque”
- Irish: “Darque”
- Kazakh: “Дарке”
- Malay: “Darque”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Darque”
- Portuguese: “Darque”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Darque”
- Russian: “Дарке”
- Spanish: “Darque”
- Tatar: “Дарке”
- Turkish: “Darque”
- Turkish: “Deilao”
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