Pousa

Pousa is a Portuguese freguesia ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Barcelos. The population in 2011 was 2,272,^[1] in an area of 6.63 km².^[2]

Our Lady of Hope Chapel

Pousa
Civil parish
Pousa Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 41.552°N 8.518°W / 41.552; -8.518
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Cávado
District	Braga
Municipality	Barcelos
Area
• Total	6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,272
• Density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Pousa is located in between the two sub-cities (Barcelos and Braga) in the northern region of Portugal. Many of its residents work in the sub-cities as they are within 30 minutes reach using motorised transport. It is surrounded by a beautiful mainstream river along with mountains filled with pine/oak trees. Forest fires are rare but not overlooked by authorities as there is at least one every year. Pousa has the Auto Estrada Porto-Valença running across through its border of its neighbour (Graca).