União das freguesias de Vila e Roussas

União das freguesias de Vila e Roussas is a locality in Melgaço Municipality, Viana do Castelo District. União das freguesias de Vila e Roussas is situated nearby to the locality Bilhões, as well as near the neighborhood Oleiros.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of Melgaço and Frontier Memory Museum.

Castle of Melgaço

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.

The Castle of Melgaço is located in Vila parish, Melgaço municipality, Viana do Castelo district, in Portugal. As the main defense of the crossing of the Alto Minho river to Galicia, it constitutes the most northern sentry point in Portugal from the twelfth century.

Frontier Memory Museum

Museum

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Casa da Quinta da Calçada

Heritage site

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Casa da Quinta da Calçada is a heritage site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fiães and Paderne.

Fiães

Village

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Fiães is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Melgaço. The population in 2011 was 239, in an area of 11.21 km2.

Paderne

Village

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Paderne is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Melgaço. The population in 2011 was 1,160, in an area of 12.85 km2. Paderne is situated 3½ km southwest of União das freguesias de Vila e Roussas.

Chaviães

Village

Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chaviães is a former civil parish in the municipality of Melgaço in the Viana do Castelo District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Chaviães e Paços. It has a population of 431 inhabitants and a total area of 4.47 km2.

União das freguesias de Vila e Roussas

Type: Locality with 2,300 residents
Also known as: “Uniao das freguesias de Vila e Roussas”
Location: Melgaço Municipality, Viana do Castelo District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

42.1021° or 42° 6′ 8″ north

Longitude

-8.237° or 8° 14′ 13″ west

Population

2,300

Elevation

449 metres (1,473 feet)

Open location code

8CJH4Q27+R6

GeoNames ID

12573524

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