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Viana do Castelo District
Caminha

Vila Praia de Âncora

Vila Praia de Âncora is a town and a civil parish in the municipality of in . It covers an area of 8.37 square kilometres and had 4,623 residents as of 2021.
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  • Type: Town with 4,620 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Caminha
  • Also known as: “Santa Marinha de Gontinhães”
  • Historically known as: “Amora”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Anta da Barrosa and Fort of Lagarteira.

Archaeological site
Photo: Ángel M. Felicísimo, CC BY 2.0.
The , also known as Dolmen da Barrosa and Lapa dos Mouros, is located in the freguesia of Vila Praia de Âncora, municipality of , , in .

Fort
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a medieval fort in the civil parish of Vila Praia de Âncora, municipality of in the Norte, classified as a Property of Public Interest.

Railway station
Photo: Beninho, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Âncora and Afife.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a civil parish located in the municipality of Viana do Castelo. The population in 2011 was 1,632, in an area of 13.03 km2. is situated 4 km south of Vila Praia de Âncora.

Village
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.
is a village.

Vila Praia de Âncora

Latitude
41.8135° or 41° 48′ 49″ north
Longitude
-8.8625° or 8° 51′ 45″ west
Population
4,620
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Open location code
8CHHR47Q+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1941569182
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8014509
Wiki­data ID
Q691329
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Vila Praia de Âncora” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Catalan: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Cebuano: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Chechen: “Вила-Прая-ди-Анкора”
  • Dutch: “Vila Praia de Ancora”
  • Dutch: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Esperanto: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Finnish: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • French: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • German: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Irish: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Italian: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Kazakh: “Вила-Прайа-де-Анкора”
  • Malay: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Portuguese: “Freguesia de Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Portuguese: “Gontinhaes”
  • Portuguese: “Gontinhães”
  • Portuguese: “Vila Praia de Ancora”
  • Portuguese: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Russian: “Вила-Прайа-де-Анкора”
  • Russian: “Вила-Прая-ди-Анкора”
  • Spanish: “Vila Praia de Ancora”
  • Spanish: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • Tatar: “Вила-Прая-ди-Анкора”
  • Turkish: “Vila Praia de Âncora”
  • “Vila Praia de Âncora”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vila Praia de Âncora”. Photo: PatríciaR, CC BY-SA 3.0.