Courel
Chorente, Góios, Courel, Pedra Furada e Gueral is a civil parish in the municipality of Barcelos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Chorente, Góios, Courel, Pedra Furada and Gueral.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 488 residents
- Description: former civil parish in Barcelos, Portugal
- Also known as: “Freguesia de Courel”
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. Monastery of Rates is situated 4 km southwest of Courel.
Pillory of Rates
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pillory of Rates is situated 4 km southwest of Courel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gueral and Macieira de Rates.
Gueral
Village
Chorente, Góios, Courel, Pedra Furada e Gueral is a civil parish in the municipality of Barcelos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Chorente, Góios, Courel, Pedra Furada and Gueral.
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.
Vilar de Figos
Village
Milhazes, Vilar de Figos e Faria is a civil parish in the municipality of Barcelos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Milhazes, Vilar de Figos and Faria. The population in 2011 was 2,066, in an area of 12.14 km2.
Courel
- Categories: former freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Chorente, Góios, Courel, Pedra Furada e Gueral, Barcelos, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.45397° or 41° 27′ 14″ northLongitude
-8.64853° or 8° 38′ 55″ westPopulation
488Elevation
133 metres (436 feet)Open location code
8CHHF932+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 3082696891OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2740405Wikidata ID
Q1021759
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Courel” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Courel”
- Cebuano: “Courel”
- Chechen: “Корел (кӀошт)”
- Chechen: “Корел”
- Dutch: “Courel”
- French: “Freguesia de Courel”
- German: “Courel”
- German: “Freguesia de Courel”
- Portuguese: “Courel (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Courel”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Courel”
- Russian: “Корел”
- Spanish: “Courel”
- Spanish: “Freguesia de Courel”
- Tatar: “Корел (район)”
- Tatar: “Корел”
- Turkish: “Courel”
- Turkish: “Couto de Esteves”
- Ukrainian: “Корел (Португалія)”
- Ukrainian: “Корел”
- “Freguesia de Courel”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capela Mortuária de Courel and Antiga Sede de Junta de Freguesia de Courel.
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