Amares Municipality

Amares, officially Town of Amares, is a municipality in , Portugal. The population in 2011 was 18,889, in an area of 81.95 km2. Amares limits to the north and northeast with the municipality of Terras de Bouro, to the southeast with Vieira do Minho and Póvoa de Lanhoso, to the south with Braga and to the northwest with Vila Verde.
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  • Type: Town with 18,900 residents
  • Description: municipality of Portugal
  • Also known as: “Amares”, “Amares (gemeente)”, and “Município de Amares”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pelourinho de Amares and Igreja Paroquial de Carrazedo.

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Church
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is a church.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferreiros and Figueiredo.

Village
is a former civil parish of the municipality…

Village
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Amares e is a civil parish in the municipality of Amares, , Portugal.

Village
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a civil parish in the municipality of Amares, Portugal.

Amares Municipality

Latitude
41.631° or 41° 37′ 52″ north
Longitude
-8.3511° or 8° 21′ 4″ west
Population
18,900
Elevation
269 metres (883 feet)
Open location code
8CHHJJJX+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25264992
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8010446
Wiki­data ID
Q455012
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Amares Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Amares”
  • Catalan: “Amares”
  • Cebuano: “Amares”
  • Chechen: “Амариш”
  • Chinese: “阿馬里什”
  • Danish: “Amares”
  • Dutch: “Amares”
  • Esperanto: “Amares”
  • Finnish: “Amares”
  • French: “Amares”
  • Galician: “Amares”
  • German: “Amares”
  • Hebrew: “אמארש”
  • Irish: “Amares”
  • Italian: “Amares”
  • Kazakh: “Амареш (аудан)”
  • Kazakh: “Амареш”
  • Lombard: “Amares”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Amares”
  • Malay: “Amares, Portugal”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Amares”
  • Mirandese: “Amares”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amares”
  • Norwegian: “Amares”
  • Persian: “شهر امریس”
  • Polish: “Amares”
  • Portuguese: “Amares”
  • Russian: “Амариш”
  • Spanish: “Amares”
  • Tatar: “Амариш”
  • Turkish: “Amares”
  • Ukrainian: “Амареш”
  • Ukrainian: “Амаріш”
  • Vietnamese: “Amares (đô thị)”
  • Vietnamese: “Amares”
  • Volapük: “Amares”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amares (munisipyo)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amares”
  • “Amares”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Frecheiro and Vasconcelos.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Largo Dom Gualdim Pais and Chafariz.

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Worth a closer look: Lisbon and Caldas da Rainha.

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