Chaves, Portugal

Chaves
Municipality
From top left to right: The Câmara Municipal de Chaves (City Hall), the Tâmega River, the typical balconies, the keep, one of the central gardens and one of the two churches. Pelourinho Square
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Coordinates: 41°44′26″N 7°28′17″W / 41.74056°N 7.47139°W / 41.74056; -7.47139
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Alto Tâmega
District	Vila Real
Parishes	41 (see text)
Government
• President	Nuno Vaz (PS)
Area
• Total	591.23 km2 (228.28 sq mi)
Elevation	371 m (1,217 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	41,243
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code	5400
Area code	276
Patron	Nossa Senhora da Livração
Website	http://www.chaves.pt

Chaves (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃavɨʃ] ^ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the north of Portugal. It is 10 km south of the Spanish border and 22 km south of Verín (Spain). The population of the entire municipality in 2011 was 41,243,^[1] in an area of 591.23 km².^[2] The municipality is the second most populous of the district of Vila Real (the district capital, Vila Real, is 60 km south on the A24 motorway). With origins in the Roman civitas Aquæ Flaviæ, Chaves has developed into a regional center. The urban area or city proper has 17,535 residents (2001).^[3]