Covelo
Covelo is a former civil parish in the municipality of Gondomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Foz do Sousa e Covelo. It has a population of 1,755 inhabitants and a total area of 8.36 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,650 residents
- Description: former civil parish in Portugal
- Also known as: “Freguesia de Covelo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crestuma–Lever Dam and Antiga Central de Captação de Água da Foz do Sousa.
Crestuma–Lever Dam
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crestuma–Lever Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Douro. It is located in the municipality Vila Nova de Gaia, in Porto District, Portugal. Construction of the dam began in 1976. Crestuma–Lever Dam is situated 4 km southwest of Covelo.
Antiga Central de Captação de Água da Foz do Sousa
Ruins
Photo: Reis Quarteu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Antiga Central de Captação de Água da Foz do Sousa is a ruins, which is situated 3 km west of Covelo.
Tapada do Outeiro
Power station
Photo: Industrial Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tapada do Outeiro is a power station, which is situated 4 km south of Covelo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguiar de Sousa and Lever.
Aguiar de Sousa
Village
Photo: Victorcouto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aguiar de Sousa is a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Paredes. The population in 2011 was 1,631, in an area of 22.38 km with 21,643 inhabitants. Aguiar de Sousa is situated 3 km northeast of Covelo.
Lever
Town
Lever is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Sandim, Olival, Lever e Crestuma. The population in 2011 was 2,794, in an area of 7.84 km2. Lever is situated 4½ km south of Covelo.
Crestuma
Town
Crestuma is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Sandim, Olival, Lever e Crestuma. The population in 2011 was 2,621, in an area of 4.68 km². Crestuma is situated 5 km southwest of Covelo.
Covelo
- Categories: former freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Foz do Sousa e Covelo, Gondomar Municipality, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.10216° or 41° 6′ 8″ northLongitude
-8.46575° or 8° 27′ 57″ westPopulation
1,650Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)Open location code
8CHH4G2M+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2410514255OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2740327Wikidata ID
Q1138024
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Covelo” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Covelo”
- Cebuano: “Covelo”
- Chechen: “Ковелу”
- Chinese: “Covelo”
- Chinese: “科韦卢”
- Dutch: “Covelo”
- French: “Freguesia de Covelo”
- German: “Covelo”
- German: “Freguesia de Covelo”
- Kazakh: “Ковелу”
- Portuguese: “Covelo (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Covelo (Gondomar)”
- Portuguese: “Covelo”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Covelo”
- Russian: “Ковелу”
- Spanish: “Covelo (Gondomar)”
- Spanish: “Covelo”
- Spanish: “Freguesia de Covelo”
- Tatar: “Ковелу”
- Turkish: “Covelo (gondomar)”
- Turkish: “Covelo”
- “Freguesia de Covelo”
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