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Monção Municipality
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, in an area of 211.31 km. The current mayor is the Social Democrat António Barbosa. The municipal holiday is March 12.

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
Source 2: Portuguese Environment Agency (for sunshine 1967-1990)

Notable people

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):

  • 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

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ "Monthly Averages for Valinha, Monção (1971–2000)" (PDF). Instituto de Meteorologia.
  4. ^ "Plano de Gestão da Região hidrográfica do Minho e Lima" (PDF). APA. p. 136. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  5. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 75-76" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.


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