Pocinho Dam
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.- Type: Industrial building
- Description: reservoir in Portugal
- Also known as: “Central Hidroelétrica do Pocinho”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pocinho railway station and Quinta do Vale Meão.
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 railway station is situated 1 km southwest of Pocinho Dam.
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 7 km northeast of Pocinho Dam.
Pocinho Dam
- Categories: gravity dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Braganza District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.13425° or 41° 8′ 3″ northLongitude
-7.11417° or 7° 6′ 51″ westInception
1983Operator
Energias de PortugalOpen location code
8CHJ4VMP+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1227761012OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q3375542
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Ukrainian—“Pocinho Dam” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Barragem do Pocinho”
- Czech: “Přehrada Pocinho”
- German: “Kraftwerk Pocinho”
- German: “Talsperre Pocinho”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pocinho-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Pocinho-demningen”
- Persian: “سد پوسینهو”
- Portuguese: “Barragem do Pocinho”
- Spanish: “Pantano de Pocinho”
- Spanish: “Presa de Pocinho”
- Spanish: “Presa y embalse de Pocinho”
- Spanish: “Salto de Pocinho”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Посіно”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cais Fluvial and Ponte do Pocinho.
Nearby Places
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