Monção

Monção 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 km². The current Mayor is Socialist Party's José Emílio Pedreira Moreira. The municipal holiday is March 12.Notable people José Gomes Temporão, Minister of Health of Brazil Fernando Vilar, Uruguayan newsanchorParishesAdministratively, the municipality is divided into 24 civil parishes: 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