The green forests and granite rocks of the Serra da Garraia or Parque Florestal de Mascanho (Mascanho Forest Park) dominate the north portions of the municipality, as does the chestnut forest of Jou and Vilares. Between many of the mountains and plains are olive orchards, part of the Rota de Azeite (), and interspersed by wheat fields or almond trees in flower, or the vineyards of the Alto Douro. Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias): Candedo Carva e Vilares Fiolhoso Jou Murça Noura e Palheiros Valongo de Milhais Notable people Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso (1811–1883) a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Patriarch of Lisbon. Aníbal Milhais (1895 in Valongo de Milhais – 1970) was the most decorated Portuguese soldier of World War I; nicknamed "Soldado Milhões" for being "worth a million men". References Municipalities of Vila Real District