Pocinho
Pocinho is a railway stop in Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda District. Pocinho is situated nearby to the farm Quinta do Vale Meão.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pocinho railway station and Pocinho Dam.
Pocinho railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nuno Morão, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pocinho railway station is located on the Iberian gauge Douro line, which serves the town of Pocinho, in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Coa, in northern Portugal.
Pocinho Dam
Industrial building
Pocinho Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Douro, where the river forms the border line between the districts of Guarda and Bragança. It is located in the municipality Vila Nova de Foz Côa, in Guarda District, Portugal. Pocinho Dam is situated 1 km northeast of Pocinho.
Quinta do Vale Meão
Farm
Photo: Gerry Labrijn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quinta do Vale Meão is a farm, which is situated 2½ km north of Pocinho.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pocinho and Vila Nova de Foz Côa.
Pocinho
Hamlet
Photo: André Marques, CC BY 2.0.
Pocinho is a village in northern Portugal, located in the Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality. The Pocinho Dam and the River Douro are nearby. Pocinho railway station is the eastern terminus of the Douro railway line, so the community developed with the arrival of the railway in 1887.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa is a town of 7,300 people in Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal. It principal draw for visitors are the sites of prehistoric rock art scattered through the nearby Côa Valley, and the museum in town that serves as a portal for understanding them.
Torre de Moncorvo
Town
Photo: Feliciano Guimarães, CC BY 2.0.
Torre de Moncorvo, officially the Town of Torre de Moncorvo, is a town and municipality in the district of Bragança in northern Portugal. In 2021, the municipality had 6,826 inhabitants, in an area of 531.56 square kilometres, while the town had 2,612 inhabitants. Torre de Moncorvo is situated 8 km northeast of Pocinho.
Pocinho
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality, Guarda District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.13027° or 41° 7′ 49″ northLongitude
-7.12348° or 7° 7′ 25″ westElevation
145 metres (476 feet)Open location code
8CHJ4VJG+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 894787992OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopGeoNames ID
11875967
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