Paredes de Coura
# Paredes de Coura

Paredes de Coura (Portuguese pronunciation: (listen)) is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,198, in an area of 138.19 $km^2.$

The municipality is located in the district of Viana do Castelo. The present Mayor is Prof. Vitor Paulo Pereira, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is August 10.

## Parishes

The municipality is composed of 16 parishes:

* Agualonga
* Bico e Cristelo
* Castanheira
* Cossourado e Linhares
* Coura
* Cunha
* Formariz e Ferreira
* Infesta
* Insalde e Porreiras
* Mozelos
* Padornelo
* Parada
* Paredes de Coura e Resende
* Romarigães
* Rubiães
* Vascões

## Paredes de Coura Festival

The town is internationally famous for the Paredes de Coura summer rock festival.

## Notable people

* Tomás Rodrigues da Cunha (1598–1638) a Portuguese lay brother in the Order of Discalced Carmelites, known as Redemptus of the Cross. Beatified in 1900 by Pope Leo XIII
