Vieira do Minho
Template:Infobox Portuguese subdivision Vieira do Minho ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a municipality in the district of Braga, in the north of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 12,997,<ref name=ine>Instituto Nacional de Estatística</ref> in an area of 216.44 km2.<ref name=dgt>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The present mayor is António Cardoso, elected by a coalition between PSD and the CDS–PP.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 16 civil parishes (freguesias):<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Div col
- Anissó e Soutelo
- Anjos e Vilar do Chão
- Caniçada e Soengas
- Cantelães
- Eira Vedra
- Guilhofrei
- Louredo
- Mosteiro
- Parada do Bouro
- Pinheiro
- Rossas
- Ruivães e Campos
- Salamonde
- Tabuaças
- Ventosa e Cova
- Vieira do Minho
General information
Vieira do Minho is essentially a rural municipality. Along with the town of Vieira do Minho, the seat of the municipality, the other major location in the municipality is the town of Template:Interlanguage link with 2,071 inhabitants.
Notable people
- Senhorinha of Basto (942–982) a Portuguese Benedictine abbess
- Manuel Monteiro (born Anissó 1962) a jurist, academic professor and former politician.
- Romeu Ribeiro (born 1989) a footballer with over 350 club caps