Monção

Not to be confused with Monaco.

For the municipality in Maranhão, Brazil, see Monção, Maranhão.

Monção (Portuguese pronunciation: [mõˈsɐ̃w] ^ⓘ; Spanish: Monzón) is a municipality in the district of Viana do Castelo in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,230,^[1] in an area of 211.31 km².^[2] The current mayor is the Social Democrat António Barbosa. The municipal holiday is March 12.

Monção
Municipality
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Coordinates: 42°04′35″N 8°28′55″W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Alto Minho
District	Viana do Castelo
Parishes	24
Government
• President	Antonio Barbosa (PSD)
Area
• Total	211.31 km2 (81.59 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	19,230
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	www.cm-moncao.pt

Climate

Monção has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with mild, rainy winters and hot dry summers. Although short, the summer season is dry enough to avoid being classified has a humid subtropical climate or an oceanic climate like nearby Vigo.

Climate data for Monção (Valinha), 1971-2000 normals and extremes
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.2 (72.0)	26.8 (80.2)	28.7 (83.7)	32.7 (90.9)	34.5 (94.1)	39.0 (102.2)	42.0 (107.6)	40.5 (104.9)	38.5 (101.3)	31.7 (89.1)	25.0 (77.0)	25.6 (78.1)	42.0 (107.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	12.8 (55.0)	14.7 (58.5)	17.4 (63.3)	18.6 (65.5)	21.0 (69.8)	25.4 (77.7)	28.7 (83.7)	28.9 (84.0)	26.2 (79.2)	20.6 (69.1)	16.1 (61.0)	13.5 (56.3)	20.3 (68.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	8.6 (47.5)	10.0 (50.0)	12.0 (53.6)	13.2 (55.8)	15.6 (60.1)	19.3 (66.7)	22.0 (71.6)	22.0 (71.6)	19.9 (67.8)	15.7 (60.3)	11.8 (53.2)	9.7 (49.5)	15.0 (59.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	4.5 (40.1)	5.4 (41.7)	6.5 (43.7)	7.8 (46.0)	10.2 (50.4)	13.1 (55.6)	15.3 (59.5)	14.9 (58.8)	13.5 (56.3)	10.7 (51.3)	7.6 (45.7)	6.0 (42.8)	9.6 (49.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−5.2 (22.6)	−3.0 (26.6)	−3.0 (26.6)	−2.0 (28.4)	−0.5 (31.1)	3.8 (38.8)	7.5 (45.5)	7.0 (44.6)	4.0 (39.2)	1.0 (33.8)	−1.5 (29.3)	−2.1 (28.2)	−5.2 (22.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	147.8 (5.82)	125.7 (4.95)	83.0 (3.27)	100.7 (3.96)	98.3 (3.87)	49.8 (1.96)	21.9 (0.86)	24.0 (0.94)	73.2 (2.88)	134.9 (5.31)	136.3 (5.37)	182.9 (7.20)	1,178.5 (46.39)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	16.2	14.0	13.1	14.7	14.0	8.7	6.1	5.4	8.6	14.2	14.6	15.5	145.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours	98	105	151	168	196	240	282	265	207	148	118	85	2,063
Source 1: Instituto de Meteorologia[3]
Source 2: Portuguese Environment Agency (for sunshine 1967-1990)[4]

Notable people

• Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro (1846 in Pias, Monção – 1918) an army officer and politician; 10th Count of Pimenta de Castro
• José Gomes Temporão (born 1951) a Brazilian public health physician and Minister of Health of Brazil, 2007 to 2010.
• Fernando Vilar (born 1954 in Lara, Monção) a Uruguayan journalist and news anchor.

Population

Population of Monção Municipality (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
12,095	14,983	26,077	24,585	27,393	23,799	21,799	19,956	19,230

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 24 civil parishes (freguesias):^[5]

• Abedim
• Anhões e Luzio
• Barbeita
• Barroças e Taias
• Bela
• Cambeses
• Ceivães e Badim
• Lara
• Longos Vales
• Mazedo e Cortes
• Merufe
• Messegães, Valadares e Sá
• Monção e Troviscoso
• Moreira
• Pias
• Pinheiros
• Podame
• Portela
• Riba de Mouro
• Sago, Lordelo e Parada
• Segude
• Tangil
• Troporiz e Lapela
• Trute

See also

• Vinho Verde
• Brejoeira Palace
• Mercy Charitys's Church of Valadares
• Longos Vales's Monastery
• Castelo de Monção