Couto (São Miguel)
São Miguel do Couto is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santo Tirso, Couto (Santa Cristina e São Miguel) e Burgães. It is located southeast in the city of Santo Tirso, near the bottom of Monte Cordova Hill. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,292. It covers 2.39 km² of area, most of which is residential although there are some textile industry facilities here, too. In 907, Count Hermenegildo González, governor of the "Condado Portucalense", was born here. Couto (São