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Barcelos is a Portuguese town in Braga, northern subregion and the Cávado, with about 20,625 inhabitants.

It is headquarters of a municipality with 378.70 square km of area and 122 096 inhabitants (2001), divided into 89 parishes (the county with the highest number of parishes throughout the country). The council is limited to the northern districts of Viana do Castelo and Ponte de Lima, east of Vila Verde and by Braga, southeast of Vila Nova de Famalicão, Póvoa de Varzim the southwest and west by Esposende.

County currently chaired by: Fernando Reis.

The county of Barcelos received charter of D. Afonso Henriques in 1140.