Barcelos Municipality, Portugal

Barcelos
—  Municipality  —
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 41°32′N 8°37′W / 41.533°N 8.617°W / 41.533; -8.617
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Subregion	Cávado
District/A.R.	Braga
Government
– Mayor	Miguel Costa Gomes (PS)
Area
– Total	378.9 km2 (146.3 sq mi)
Population
– Total	123,831
– Density	327/km2 (846.9/sq mi)
Parishes (no.)	89
Municipal holiday	Milagre das Cruzes (Miracle of Crosses) May 3
Website	http://www.cm-barcelos.pt

Barcelos Municipality (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐɾˈsɛluʃ]) is located in Braga District, in the north of Portugal. It has a total population of 123,831 and an area of 378.9 km². With 89 parishes, it is the municipality with the highest number of parishes in the country, as well as the city of Barcelos. It is one of the growing municipalities in the country, especially in Minho metropolitan area and is well known by its textile and adobe industries.

Parishes

Abade de Neiva Aborim Adães Aguiar Airó Aldreu Alheira Alvelos Alvito (São Martinho) Alvito (São Pedro) Arcozelo Areias Areias de Vilar Balugães Barcelinhos Barcelos Barqueiros Bastuço (Santo Estêvão) Bastuço (São João) Cambeses

Campo Carapeços Carreira Carvalhal Carvalhos Chavão Chorente Cossourado Courel Couto Creixomil Cristelo Durrães Encourados Faria Feitos Fonte Coberta Fornelos Fragoso Galegos (Santa Maria)

Galegos (São Martinho) Gamil Gilmonde Góios Grimancelos Gueral Igreja Nova Lama Lijó Macieira de Rates Manhente Mariz Martim Midões Milhazes Minhotães Monte de Fralães Moure Negreiros Oliveira

Palme Panque Paradela Pedra Furada Pereira Perelhal Pousa Quintiães Remelhe Rio Covo (Santa Eugénia) Rio Covo (Santa Eulália) Roriz Sequeade Silva Silveiros Tamel (Santa Leocádia) Tamel (São Pedro Fins) Tamel (São Veríssimo) Tregosa Ucha

Várzea Viatodos Vila Boa Vila Cova Vila Frescainha (São Martinho) Vila Frescainha (São Pedro) Vila Seca Vilar de Figos Vilar do Monte

Notable citizens

• João Garcia de Guilhade, a famous Portuguese trobadour during the 13th century, was from Milhazes.
• Pedro Afonso, Count of Barcelos, an illegitimate son of King Denis of Portugal and the second count of Barcelos.
• António Pires de Lima (born 1936), a famous lawyer and former bastonário of the Portuguese Bar Association (Portuguese: Ordem dos Advogados) and father of former Minister of Culture Isabel Pires de Lima, and of businessman and former politician António Pires de Lima, was from Barcelos.^[1]
• Portuguese prime-minister Francisco de Sá Carneiro, whose father, José Gualberto Chaves Marques de Sá Carneiro, and paternal family were from Barcelos.

References

1. ^ Ordem dos Advogados

Coordinates: 41°31′N 8°37′W / 41.517°N 8.617°W / 41.517; -8.617