Vilar de Mouros
Vilar de Mouros is a civil parish in the municipality of Caminha, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 753, in an area of 10.38 km2. Located on the banks of the Coura, 7 km from the municipal seat, it became famous as the location of the oldest rock festival in Portugal - the Vilar de Mouros Festival.Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Antigo Apeadeiro de Lanhelas and Ponte de Vilar de Mouros.
Ponte de Vilar de Mouros
Bridge
Photo: Carlos Cunha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vilar de Mouros Bridge crosses the Coura river in Vilar de Mouros, Portugal. It was classified as a National Monument in 1910.
Capela de São Sebastião
Church
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capela de São Sebastião is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seixas and Lanhelas.
Venade
Village
Photo: Reis Quarteu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Venade is a village, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Vilar de Mouros.
Vilar de Mouros
- Type: Village with 753 residents
- Description: civil parish in Caminha
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Caminha, Viana do Castelo District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.8887° or 41° 53′ 19″ northLongitude
-8.7909° or 8° 47′ 27″ westPopulation
753Elevation
127 metres (417 feet)Open location code
8CHHV6Q5+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2203916492OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8014515Wikidata ID
Q1786687
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Vilar de Mouros” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Vilar de Mouros”
- Cebuano: “Vilar de Mouros”
- Chechen: “Вилар-де-Моруш”
- Dutch: “Vilar de Mouros”
- French: “Vilar de Mouros”
- Galician: “Vilar de Mouros, Portugal”
- Galician: “Vilar de Mouros”
- German: “Vilar de Mouros”
- Kazakh: “Вилар-де-Моруш”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Vilar de Mouros”
- Portuguese: “Vilar de Mouros (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Vilar de Mouros”
- Russian: “Вилар-де-Моруш”
- Slovak: “Vilar de Mouros”
- Spanish: “Vilar de Mouros (Caminha)”
- Spanish: “Vilar de Mouros”
- Tatar: “Вилар-де-Моруш”
- Turkish: “Vilar de Mouros”
- “Vilar de Mouros”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Junta de Freguesia de Vilar de Mouros and Parque Infantil de Vilar de Mouros.
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