# Monção

Monção (Portuguese pronunciation: ; Spanish: Monzón) 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 km$^2$. 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.
Climate data for Monção (Valinha), 1971-2000 normals and extremes :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) | 26.8 (80.2) | 28.7 (83.7) | 32.7 (90.9) | 34.5 (94.1) | 39.0 (102.2) | 42.0 (107.6) | 40.5 (104.9) | 38.5 (101.3) | 31.7 (89.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.4 (63.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 21.0 (69.8) | 25.4 (77.7) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.9 (84.0) | 26.2 (79.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 16.1 (61.0) | 13.5 (56.3) | 20.3 (68.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.6 (60.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 15.7 (60.3) | 11.8 (53.2) | 9.7 (49.5) | 15.0 (59.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) | 5.4 (41.7) | 6.5 (43.7) | 7.8 (46.0) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.1 (55.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 14.9 (58.8) | 13.5 (56.3) | 10.7 (51.3) | 7.6 (45.7) | 6.0 (42.8) | 9.6 (49.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.2 (22.6) | −3.0 (26.6) | −3.0 (26.6) | −2.0 (28.4) | −0.5 (31.1) | 3.8 (38.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 7.0 (44.6) | 4.0 (39.2) | 1.0 (33.8) | −1.5 (29.3) | −2.1 (28.2) | −5.2 (22.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 147.8 (5.82) | 125.7 (4.95) | 83.0 (3.27) | 100.7 (3.96) | 98.3 (3.87) | 49.8 (1.96) | 21.9 (0.86) | 24.0 (0.94) | 73.2 (2.88) | 134.9 (5.31) | 136.3 (5.37) | 182.9 (7.20) | 1,178.5 (46.39) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 16.2 | 14.0 | 13.1 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 15.5 | 145.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 98 | 105 | 151 | 168 | 196 | 240 | 282 | 265 | 207 | 148 | 118 | 85 | 2,063 |
| Source 1: Instituto de Meteorologia ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: Portuguese Environment Agency (for sunshine 1967-1990) ||||||||||||||

## 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

Population of Monção Municipality (1801–2011) :
| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| 12,095 | 14,983 | 26,077 | 24,585 | 27,393 | 23,799 | 21,799 | 19,956 | 19,230 |

## 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