Póvoa de Lanhoso

Póvoa de Lanhoso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɔvuɐ ðɨ lɐˈɲozu] ^ⓘ), officially Póvoa de Lanhoso Town (Portuguese: Vila da Póvoa de Lanhoso), is a town and municipality in the district of Braga in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,886,^[1] in an area of 134.65 km².^[2]

Póvoa de Lanhoso Town
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41°34′N 8°16′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Ave
District	Braga
Parishes	22
Government
• President	Avelino Silva (PSD)
Area
• Total	134.65 km2 (51.99 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	21,886
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	www.cm-povoadelanhoso.pt

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

Economy

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 Póvoa de Lanhoso.^[4]

Parishes

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

• Águas Santas e Moure
• Calvos e Frades
• Campos e Louredo
• Covelas
• Esperança e Brunhais
• Ferreiros
• Fonte Arcada e Oliveira
• Galegos
• Garfe
• Geraz do Minho
• Lanhoso
• Monsul
• Póvoa de Lanhoso
• Rendufinho
• Santo Emilião
• São João de Rei
• Serzedelo
• Sobradelo da Goma
• Taíde
• Travassos
• Verim, Friande e Ajude
• Vilela

Notable people

• Gonçalo Sampaio (1865 in São Gens de Calvos – 1937) a Portuguese botanist.
• Vítor Machado Ferreira (born 2000), known as Vitinha a footballer with over 60 club caps and one for Portugal