Wednesday 30 December 2020

PESO DA RÉGUA (PORTUGAL)

 
PESO DA RÉGUA
 N 41.15563; W 7.78172

Peso da Régua (often known for its syncopated form of Régua) is a Portuguese city in the district of Vila Real, in the North Region, in the Douro sub-region, and in the former province of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, with 17 131 inhabitants (2011).
It is the seat of a municipality with an area of 94.86 km² and 17 131 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 8 parishes.
The municipality is limited to the north by the municipalities of Santa Marta de Penaguião and Vila Real, to the east by Sabrosa, to the south by the Douro River (Lamego and Armamar counties) to the southwest by Mesão Frio, and the west by Baião.
Peso da Régua has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with hot, dry summers and cool to mild, wet winters. The average annual temperature is 22 °C (72 °F) during the day and 10 °C (50 °F) at night.