Subestação da Central Hidroelétrica do Pocinho

Subestação da Central Hidroelétrica do Pocinho is an electrical substation in Braganza District, Portugal. Subestação da Central Hidroelétrica do Pocinho is situated nearby to the industrial building Pocinho Dam, as well as near the sports venue Centro de alto rendimento de remo Pocinho.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pocinho Dam and Pocinho railway station.

Pocinho Dam

Industrial building

Photo: Pedro, CC BY 2.0.

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 140 metres north of Subestação da Central Hidroelétrica do Pocinho.

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 west of Subestação da Central Hidroelétrica do 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 Subestação da Central Hidroelétrica do 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 7 km northeast of Subestação da Central Hidroelétrica do Pocinho.

Subestação da Central Hidroelétrica do Pocinho

Type: Electrical substation
Also known as: “Subestação da Central do Pocinho”
Category: industry
Location: Braganza District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

41.13305° or 41° 7′ 59″ north

Longitude

-7.1144° or 7° 6′ 52″ west

Operator

Energias de Portugal

Open location code

8CHJ4VMP+66

OpenStreetMap ID

way 127205641

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Centro de alto rendimento de remo Pocinho and Centro de Alto Rendimento de Remo do Pocinho.

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