Vieira do Minho () is a municipality in the district of Braga, in the north of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 12,997,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 216.44 km2.
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):
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 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
References
External links Municipality official website Página Oficial Facebook