history
Parada de Cunhos is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Real, in the Norte region and Douro sub-region, covering an area of 7.04 km² and home to 1,724 inhabitants (2021 census). It is a peri-urban parish bordering the urban parish of Vila Real, and its patron saint is São Cristóvão. Its settlements include Cabril, Fraga, Gaias, Granja, Parada de Cunhos (the seat), Relvas, Ribeira, Silvela and Telheira/Fonte da Rainha. The earliest known written document dates from 1128: a grant of lands by Queen D. Teresa to the Order of the Knights Templar, in which the territory appears as «Parade de Coinolos». With the founding of Vila Real on 4 January 1289, the parish lost its status and became part of the municipal territory of the new town. The parish is also home to the Estádio Municipal do Monte da Forca (Municipal Stadium of Monte da Forca).
