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 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.

Notable people

 * Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro (1846 in Pias, Monção – 1918) an army officer and politician; 10th Count of Pimenta de Castro
 * José Gomes Temporão (born 1951) a Brazilian public health physician and Minister of Health of Brazil, 2007 to 2010.
 * Fernando Vilar (born 1954 in Lara, Monção) a Uruguayan journalist and news anchor.

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