Povoa de Lanhoso

Povoa de Lanhoso
Povoa de Lanhoso
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 41°34′N 8°16′W / 41.567°N 8.267°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Ave
District	Braga
Parishes	22
Government
? President	Avelino Silva ( PSD )
Area
? Total	134.65 km 2 (51.99 sq mi)
Population (2011)
? Total	21,886
? Density	160/km 2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 ( WET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
Website	www .cm-povoadelanhoso .pt

Povoa de Lanhoso ( Portuguese pronunciation: [?p?vu? ð? l???ozu] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Braga , Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,886, ^[1] in an area of 134.65 km². ^[2]

The present Mayor is Avelino Silva, ^[3] elected by the Social Democratic Party . The municipal holiday is March 19.

Economy [ edit ]

Agriculture, forestry and tourism are important economic activities in the municipality. Light industry is present too. Prozis , a multinational sports nutrition company headquartered in Esposende, has a major industrial plant in Povoa de Lanhoso. ^[4]

Parishes [ edit ]

The municipality is subdivided into the following 22 parishes: ^[5]

Notable people [ edit ]

Goncalo Sampaio (1865 in Sao Gens de Calvos ? 1937) a Portuguese botanist.
Vitor Machado Ferreira (born 2000), known as Vitinha a footballer with over 60 club caps and one for Portugal

References [ edit ]

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatistica
^ "Areas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e pais" . Archived from the original on 2018-11-05 . Retrieved 2018-11-05 .
^ "Executivo e Pelouros" .
^ "Prozis investe na expansao da producao na Povoa de Lanhoso" . Camara Municipal da Povoa de Lanhoso (in European Portuguese). 2021-05-14 . Retrieved 2023-02-04 .
^ Diario da Republica . "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 100-101" (PDF) (in Portuguese) . Retrieved 10 July 2014 .

External links [ edit ]

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[1] Instituto Nacional de Estatistica

[dgt-2] "Areas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e pais" . Archived from the original on 2018-11-05 . Retrieved 2018-11-05 .

[3] "Executivo e Pelouros" .

[4] "Prozis investe na expansao da producao na Povoa de Lanhoso" . Camara Municipal da Povoa de Lanhoso (in European Portuguese). 2021-05-14 . Retrieved 2023-02-04 .

[5] Diario da Republica . "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 100-101" (PDF) (in Portuguese) . Retrieved 10 July 2014 .

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