Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Vila Pouca de Aguiar (pron. IPA: ['vilɐ 'po(ou)kɐ dɨ ɐgi'aɾ]) is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 437.1 km² and a total population of 15,100 inhabitants.

The municipality is composed of 18 parishes, and is located in the district of Vila Real. It is located in a narrow valley 25 kilometers north of the district capital, Vila Real, and is connected to the same by National highway N2. The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, some dairying, services, government employment, granite extraction and the mineral waters in Pedras Salgadas, a small town located about ten kilometers north on the main highway to Chaves.

Recently the A7 tollroad to Guimarães has been completed and the last stretch of the A24, connecting with Chaves is expected to be finished by the end of 2006. This non-toll four-lane highway linking Coimbra with the Spanish border in Vila Verde will allow long-distance traffic to avoid the dangerous and tiresome national N2. One of the longest and highest highway bridges in Europe is under construction just south of Vila Pouca, carrying traffic across the fertile valley. This will extend the A24 on to Vila Real

The present Mayor is Domingos Manuel Pinto Batista Dias, elected by a coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic and Social Center.

The municipal holiday is June 22.

[edit] Parishes

Afonsim
Alfarela de Jales
Bornes de Aguiar
Bragado
Capeludos
Gouvães da Serra
Lixa do Alvão
Parada de Monteiros
Pensalvos
Sabroso de Aguiar
Santa Marta da Montanha
Soutelo de Aguiar
Telões
Tresminas
Valoura
Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Vreia de Bornes
Vreia de Jales

[edit] External links

Municipality official website

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Municipalities of the District of Vila Real
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