Ponte da Barca

Ponte da Barca (lit. '"Bridge of the Boat"') is a municipality in the district of Viana do Castelo in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 12,061, in an area of 182.11 km2.

The present Mayor is Augusto Manuel Dos Reis Marinho, elected by the PSD. The municipal holiday is August 24.

Climate
Ponte da Barca has a Mediterranean climate with oceanic/humid subtropical influences. It has warm to hot summers and mild, very wet winters.

Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 17 civil parishes (freguesias):


 * Azias
 * Boivães
 * Bravães
 * Britelo
 * Crasto, Ruivos e Grovelas
 * Cuide de Vila Verde
 * Entre Ambos-os-Rios, Ermida e Germil
 * Lavradas
 * Lindoso
 * Nogueira
 * Oleiros
 * Ponte da Barca, Vila Nova da Muía e Paço Vedro de Magalhães
 * Sampriz
 * Vade São Pedro
 * Vade São Tomé
 * Touvedo (São Lourenço e Salvador)
 * Vila Chã (São João Baptista e Santiago)



Notable people

 * João Uva (born 1980) a former rugby union footballer
 * Adérito Esteves (born Sampriz, Ponte da Barca 1985) a Portuguese rugby union player.