Alvão
Alvão is a village in Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality, Vila Real District and has an elevation of 911 metres. Alvão is situated nearby to the hamlet Trandeiras, as well as near Paredes.Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 774 residents
- Description: civil parish in Vila Pouca de Aguiar
- Also known as: “Carrazedo do Alvão”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mamoa do Alto do Cotorino and Castle of Pena de Aguiar.
Mamoa do Alto do Cotorino
Archaeological site
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mamoa do Alto do Cotorino is an archaeological site.
Castle of Pena de Aguiar
Castle
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The Castle of Pena de Aguiar is a medieval castle, alternately the Castle of Aguiar da Pena, situated in the civil parish of Telões, in the municipality of Vila Pouca de Aguiar, in the Portuguese district of Vila Real. Castle of Pena de Aguiar is situated 4 km southeast of Alvão.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality and Freguesia de Gouvães da Serra.
Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality
Town
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Vila Pouca de Aguiar is a town and a municipality in the Vila Real district in northern Portugal. A total of 11,819 people lived in the municipality in 2024, across an area of 437.07 square kilometres, while 3,118 lived in the town in 2021. Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality is situated 6 km east of Alvão.
Freguesia de Gouvães da Serra
Village
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Freguesia de Gouvães da Serra is a village.
Alvão
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality, Vila Real District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.4993° or 41° 29′ 58″ northLongitude
-7.7106° or 7° 42′ 38″ westPopulation
774Elevation
911 metres (2,989 feet)Open location code
8CHJF7XQ+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3186787843OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12573612Wikidata ID
Q16489259
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Alvão” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Alvão”
- Basque: “Alvão”
- Chinese: “Alvão”
- French: “Alvão”
- German: “Alvão”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alvão”
- Portuguese: “Alvão (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Alvao (Vila Pouca de Aguiar)”
- Portuguese: “Alvão (Vila Pouca de Aguiar)”
- Portuguese: “Alvao”
- Portuguese: “Alvão”
- Spanish: “Alvão”
- Turkish: “Alvão”
- “Alvão”
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Localities in the Area
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