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Alvão, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Vila Real, Portugali
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AlvãoCivil Parish
Vila Pouca de AguiarMunicipality
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Mindat Locality ID:
261412
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:261412:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Alvão, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Vila Real, Portugal
German:
Alvão, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Distrikt Vila Real, Portugal
Portuguese:
Alvão, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Vila Real, Portugal
Asturian:
Alvão, Distritu de Vila Real
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Alvão, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Vila Real Koān


Old parish of Vila Pouca de Aguiar municipality.

Due to an administrative merger held in Jan 2013 Afonsim was integrated in the Alvão parish - this new parish was formed by the old parishes of Afonsim, Gouvães da Serra, Lixa do Alvão e Santa Marta da Montanha.

Registered mining concessions (up to 1962):
No. 2048 Alto do Cabreiro (Sn), registered date 13-11-1942
No. 2049 Lameira de Tarandeiras (Sn), registered date 13-11-1942
No. 2050 Gaimões (Sn), registered date 13-11-1942


Alvão is a recent parish of Vila Pouca de Aguiar municipality and is the result of the merger, held in Jan 2013, among the old parishes Afonsim, Gouvães da Serra, Lixa do Alvão and Santa Marta da Montanha (for a more accurate information the old parishes were uploaded instead of this new one).
Old parish of Vila Pouca de Aguiar municipality. Due to an administrative merger held in Jan 2013 this parish was merged in the parish of Alvão.

Mining concession no. 1295 Corgo da Povoação (W). registered on 09-03-1923.

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