Frades II Hydroelectric Power Plant

Frades II Hydroelectric Power Plant is a power station in União das freguesias de Ruivães e Campos, Vieira do Minho Municipality, Braga District. Frades II Hydroelectric Power Plant is situated near the power station Frades I Hydroelectric Power Plant, as well as near the village Freguesia de Campos.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Igreja Paroquial de Campos and Pillory of Ruivães.

Igreja Paroquial de Campos

Church

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Igreja Paroquial de Campos is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southeast of Frades II Hydroelectric Power Plant.

Pillory of Ruivães

Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pillory of Ruivães is situated 2½ km west of Frades II Hydroelectric Power Plant.

Church of Ruivães

Church

Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church of Ruivães is situated 2½ km west of Frades II Hydroelectric Power Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freguesia de Campos and Ferral.

Freguesia de Campos

Village

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Freguesia de Campos is a village.

Ferral

Village

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Ferral is a freguesia in the municipality of Montalegre, Vila Real District, Portugal. It is 15.83 km2 in area. In 2011, it contained 397 inhabitants; population density, 25.1 inhabitants/km2.

Freguesia de Ruivães

Village

Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Freguesia de Ruivães is a village.

Frades II Hydroelectric Power Plant

Type: Power station
Also known as: “Central Hidroelétrica de Venda Nova III”, “Central Hidroelétrica de Vila Nova III”, “centrale hydroélectrique de Vila Nova III”, and “Vila Nova III Hydroelectric Power Plant”
Categories: pumped-storage power station and industry
Location: União das freguesias de Ruivães e Campos, Vieira do Minho Municipality, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

41.6811° or 41° 40′ 52″ north

Longitude

-8.02069° or 8° 1′ 15″ west

Established

2017

Operator

Energias de Portugal

Open location code

8CHHMXJH+CP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 455366583

Wikidata ID

Q56371707

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In Other Languages

From French to Ukrainian—“Frades II Hydroelectric Power Plant” goes by many names.

French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Frades II”
French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Frades II”
Portuguese: “Central Hidroelétrica de Frades II”
Ukrainian: “ГАЕС Венда-Нова ІІІ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Frades I Hydroelectric Power Plant and Cemitério de Campos.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Santa Leocádia and Chaminé de equilíbrio superior da Central Hidroeléctrica de Venda Nova III/Frades II.

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