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 dry 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. Population 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 See also Vinho Verde Brejoeira Palace Mercy Charitys's Church of Valadares Longos Vales's Monastery Castelo de Monção References External links Municipality official website Quinta de Santo Antonio