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Angueira
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Angueira is a former civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Vimioso, continental Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Caçarelhos e Angueira. The population in 2011 was 116, in an area of 22.18 km2. It is situated near the north-west corner of the district of Bragança.

Key facts

Portuguese subdivision.population_total
116
Portuguese subdivision.type
parish
Portuguese subdivision.name
Angueira
Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
Angueira07.jpg
Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
The old square, with pelourinho or parish marker, as farmer transports cows to better grazing
Portuguese subdivision.region
Norte
Portuguese subdivision.CIM
Terras de Trás-os-Montes
Portuguese subdivision.district
Bragança
Portuguese subdivision.municipality
Vimioso
Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
22.18
Portuguese subdivision.elevation_m
697
Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
2011
Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
5230-020
Portuguese subdivision.area_code
273
Portuguese subdivision.patron
São Cipriano
Portuguese subdivision.dissolved
2013

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Angueira is a former civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Vimioso, continental Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Caçarelhos e Angueira. The population in 2011 was 116, in an area of 22.18 km2. It is situated near the north-west corner of the district of Bragança.

==History== Until 1853, Angueira was part of the extinct municipality of Outeiro.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Angueira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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