Barragem das Caínhas

Barragem das Caínhas is a dam in União das freguesias de Cambra e Carvalhal de Vermilhas, Vouzela Municipality, Viseu District. Barragem das Caínhas is situated nearby to the reservoir Albufeira das Caínhas, as well as near Reservatorio da Zona Industrial.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cambarinho Botanical Reserve and Torre de Cambra.

Cambarinho Botanical Reserve

Nature reserve

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Cambarinho Botanical Reserve is a nature reserve, which is situated 3 km south of Barragem das Caínhas.

Torre de Cambra

Tower

Photo: João Carvalho, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Torre de Cambra is a tower, which is situated 3 km southeast of Barragem das Caínhas.

Barragem de Cercosa

Dam

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barragem de Cercosa is a dam, which is situated 4 km southwest of Barragem das Caínhas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Campia and Oliveira de Frades.

Campia

Village

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Campia is a village, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Barragem das Caínhas.

Oliveira de Frades is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,261, in an area of 145.35 km2. The municipality was created in 1836 by splitting the former municipality Lafões into the current municipalities of Oliveira de Frades, Sao Pedro do Sul and Vouzela. Oliveira de Frades is situated 4 km north of Barragem das Caínhas.

Sejães

Village

Sejães is a hamlet in the combined civil parish of Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso, municipality of Póvoa de Varzim in northern Portugal. In the vicinity of the hamlet is Cividade Hill. Sejães is situated 5 km north of Barragem das Caínhas.

Barragem das Caínhas

Type: Dam
Location: União das freguesias de Cambra e Carvalhal de Vermilhas, Vouzela Municipality, Viseu District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

40.6979° or 40° 41′ 53″ north

Longitude

-8.19237° or 8° 11′ 33″ west

Open location code

8CGHMRX5+53

OpenStreetMap ID

way 542492852

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

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Highlights include Albufeira das Caínhas and MT Alumínios.

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