Matança
Matança is a village in Fornos de Algodres Municipality, Guarda District. Matança is situated nearby to the hamlet Valagotes, as well as near Fonte Fria.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dólmen da Matança and Pelourinho de Matança.
Dólmen da Matança
Archaeological site
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dólmen da Matança is an archaeological site.
Igreja da Misericórdia de Algodres
Church
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Igreja da Misericórdia de Algodres is a church, which is situated 4½ km south of Matança.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forninhos and Casal Vasco.
Forninhos
Village
Forninhos is a freguesia in Aguiar da Beira Municipality, Guarda District, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 222, in an area of 9.62 km2.
Casal Vasco
Village
Casal Vasco is a small village in Portugal. It belongs to the municipality of Fornos de Algodres, district of Guarda. It's also located in the former region of Beira Alta. Casal Vasco is situated 4 km south of Matança.
Algodres
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY 2.0.
Algodres is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Fornos de Algodres, district of Guarda. The population in 2011 was 349, in an area of 10.15 km2. Algodres is situated 4 km south of Matança.
Matança
- Type: Village with 215 residents
- Description: civil parish in Fornos de Algodres
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Fornos de Algodres Municipality, Guarda District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.6825° or 40° 40′ 57″ northLongitude
-7.5299° or 7° 31′ 48″ westPopulation
215Elevation
598 metres (1,962 feet)Open location code
8CGJMFMC+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 1599416371OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8012108Wikidata ID
Q32712
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Matança” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Matança”
- Cebuano: “Matança”
- Chechen: “Матанса (Гуарда)”
- Chechen: “Матанса”
- Chinese: “Matança”
- French: “Matança”
- German: “Matança”
- Kazakh: “Матанса”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Matança”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Matança”
- Portuguese: “Matanca (Fornos de Algodres)”
- Portuguese: “Matança (Fornos de Algodres)”
- Portuguese: “Matança (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Matanca”
- Portuguese: “Matança”
- Russian: “Матанса”
- Spanish: “Matanca”
- Spanish: “Matança”
- Tatar: “Матанса (Гуарда)”
- Tatar: “Матанса”
- Turkish: “Matança”
- Turkish: “Matas”
- “Matança”
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Localities in the Area
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