Subestação do Pocinho

Subestação do Pocinho is an electrical substation in , . Subestação do Pocinho is situated near the beach , as well as near the scenic viewpoint .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Pocinho railway station and Pocinho Dam.

Railway station
is located on the Iberian gauge Douro line, which serves the town of , in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Coa, in northern . is situated 1 km south of Subestação do Pocinho.

Industrial building
Photo: Pedro, CC BY 2.0.
is a concrete gravity dam on the , where the river forms the border line between the districts of and . It is located in the municipality , in Guarda District, Portugal. is situated 1 km southeast of Subestação do Pocinho.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pocinho and Vila Nova de Foz Côa.

Hamlet
is a village in northern , located in the Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality. The Dam and the River Douro are nearby. railway station is the eastern terminus of the Douro railway line, so the community developed with the arrival of the railway in 1887.

is a town of 7,300 people in Alto Douro wine region of , northern . 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.

Town
, officially the Town of , is a town and municipality in the district of Bragança in . In 2021, the municipality had 6,826 inhabitants, in an area of 531.56 square kilometres, while the town had 2,612 inhabitants. is situated 7 km northeast of Subestação do Pocinho.

Subestação do Pocinho

Latitude
41.13784° or 41° 8′ 16″ north
Longitude
-7.12494° or 7° 7′ 30″ west
Established
1974
Open location code
8CHJ4VQG+42
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Parque de Lazer das Frieiras and Ponte do Pocinho.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Subestação Açoreira and Bar das Frieiras.

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Worth a closer look: Lisbon and Caldas da Rainha.

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