Vila Pouca da Beira
Vila Pouca da Beira is a village and former civil parish in the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santa Ovaia e Vila Pouca da Beira. It has a surface area of 5.12 km2 and 383 inhabitants. Its population density is 74,8 inhabitants/km2.
Vila Pouca was an independent municipality until the beginning of the 19th century. In 1801, when it became a parish of Avô, it had 402 inhabitants. The municipality of Avô, and with it Vila Pouca, merged into the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital in 1855.
A historical landmark in Vila Pouca is an 18th-century former convent, the Convento do Desagravo do Santíssimo Sacramento. When the last nun of the convent died in the beginning of the 19th century the convent became a military hospital. It ultimately became a pousada around the beginning of the 21st century.Persons
Dutch writer Gerrit Komrij resided in the village.
