Vila Verde (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ˈveɾð(ɨ)] (listen)) is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 46,446,[1] in an area of 228.67 km².[2]

Vila Verde
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41°39′N 8°26′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Cávado
District	Braga
Parishes	33
Government
• President	Júlia Fernandes (PSD)
Area
• Total	228.67 km2 (88.29 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	46,446
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	http://www.cm-vilaverde.pt

Vila Verde's current mayor, as of 26 September 2021, is Júlia Fernandes of the Social Democratic Party. She succeeded António Vilela of the same party. The municipal holiday is 13 June.

The county of Vila Verde has a little over 150 years of existence and is one of the biggest counties in the Minho Province.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 33 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

Main sights

Vila Verde and surrounding region have many historical monuments.

• Penegate Tower

Gallery

• 
  Saint Michael's church, Carreiras
• 
  Penegate tower
• 
  Gomariz tower
• 
  Pedregais church

Notable people

• Augusto Gama (born 1970) a former footballer with 484 club caps and a manager
• Bruno Gama (born 1987) a professional footballer with over 440 club caps

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vila Verde.

• Municipality official website

This Braga District location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

На других языках

[de] Vila Verde

[es] Vila Verde

[ru] Вила-Верди