Monção Municipality
Monção is a town and municipality in the Alto Minho subregion of Portugal. It is situated on the southern bank of the Minho River, which serves as the natural border between Portugal and Spain.Photo: J. Alberto, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: CTHOE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 4,690 residents
- Description: municipality of Portugal
- Also known as: “Moncao”, “Monção”, and “Vila de Monção”
- Neighbors: Arcos de Valdevez and Valença
Places of Interest
Highlights include Salvaterra Castle and Salvaterra Station.
Salvaterra Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Salvaterra Station is a railway station.
Câmara Municipal de Monção
Town hall
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Câmara Municipal de Monção is a town hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bela and Longos Vales.
Bela
Village
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bela is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Monção Municipality.
Longos Vales
Village
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Longos Vales is a village, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Monção Municipality.
Lapela
Village
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lapela is a village, which is situated 5 km southwest of Monção Municipality.
Monção Municipality
- Categories: municipality of Portugal and locality
- Location: Viana do Castelo District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.0787° or 42° 4′ 43″ northLongitude
-8.4814° or 8° 28′ 53″ westPopulation
4,690Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)Open location code
8CJH3GH9+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 25278430OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8010630Wikidata ID
Q425738
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Waray—“Monção Municipality” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “মোনকয়াও”
- Catalan: “Monção”
- Cebuano: “Monção”
- Chechen: “Монсан”
- Chinese: “Monção”
- Chinese: “蒙桑”
- Dutch: “Moncao (Portugal)”
- Dutch: “Monção”
- Esperanto: “Monção”
- French: “Monção”
- Galician: “Monção”
- German: “Monção”
- Irish: “Monção”
- Italian: “Monção”
- Japanese: “モンサン”
- Lombard: “Monção (Portogall)”
- Lombard: “Monção”
- Luxembourgish: “Monção”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Monção”
- Mirandese: “Monção”
- Mirandese: “Monçon (Pertual)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monção”
- Polish: “Monção”
- Portuguese: “Monção”
- Portuguese: “Município de Monção”
- Russian: “Монсан”
- Spanish: “Monção”
- Spanish: “Monzón”
- Tatar: “Монсан”
- Turkish: “Monção”
- Ukrainian: “Монсан”
- Vietnamese: “Monção, Bồ Đào Nha”
- Vietnamese: “Monção”
- Volapük: “Monção”
- Waray (Philippines): “Monção”
- “Monção”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Casa do Curro and Museu do Alvarinho.
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