Barcelos, Portugal

Barcelos
Municipality
Top: The entrance to the city of Barcelos coming from the parish of Barcelinhos; middle: Igreja Matriz de Barcelos; City Hall and statue of Bishop António Barroso; bottom: The medieval tower; Tower view of the Church of Bom Jesus da Cruz and the gardens
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41°31′N 8°37′W / 41.517°N 8.617°W / 41.517; -8.617
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Cávado
District	Braga
Parishes	60
Government
• President	Mário Constantino Lopes (PSD)
Area
• Total	378.90 km2 (146.29 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	120,391
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	http://www.cm-barcelos.pt

Barcelos (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐɾˈsɛluʃ] ^ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in Braga District in the Minho Province, in the north of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 120,391,^[1] in an area of 378.90 km².^[2] With 60 parishes, it is the municipality with the highest number of parishes in the country. It is one of the growing municipalities in the country, and is well known for its textile and adobe industries, as well as its horseback riding events and "figurado" style of pottery, which are comical figurines with accentuated features of farmers, folk musicians, and nativity scene characters.

Barcelos is part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a Crafts and Folk Art City.^[3]