{{Short description|Municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil}}

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Herval | native_name = | settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]] | image_shield = Brasão_do_Herval_2.1.png | image_flag = Bandeira_do_Herval_2.0.png | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_map = Locator map of Herval in Rio Grande do Sul.svg | map_caption = Location in Rio Grande do Sul state | pushpin_map = Brazil | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil | coordinates = {{coord|32|1|26|S|53|23|45|W|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Brazil | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[South Region, Brazil|South]] | subdivision_type2 = [[States of Brazil|State]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Rio Grande do Sul]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Mesoregions of Brazil|Mesoregion]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Sudeste Rio-Grandense]] | subdivision_type4 = [[Microregion (Brazil)|Microregion]] | subdivision_name4 = [[Jaguarão (micro-region)|Jaguarão]] | subdivision_type5 = [[Metropolitan area#Brazil|Metrop. region]] | subdivision_name5 = | established_title = | established_date = | leader_party = | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = | elevation_m = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 1757.84 | area_metro_km2 = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 6,814 | population_as_of = 2020 <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/herval/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref> | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | blank_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] | blank_info_sec1 = | timezone1 = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]] | utc_offset1 = &minus;3 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in Brazil|Postal code]] | postal_code = | area_code_type = [[List of dialling codes in Brazil|Area code]] | area_code = | website = {{url|http://www.herval.rs.gov.br}} }} '''Herval''' is a Brazilian municipality in the southern part of the state of [[Rio Grande do Sul]]. The population is 6,814 (2020 est.) in an area of {{cvt|1757.84|km2}}.<ref>[http://cod.ibge.gov.br/1GJD Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]</ref> Its elevation is 287&nbsp;m. Its main industry is agriculture.

Herval is situated south of the [[Piratini River (São Gonçalo Channel)|Piratini River]], which was defined in 1777 as the border between the [[Spain|Spanish]] and [[Portugal|Portuguese]] possessions. The current border between [[Uruguay]] and Brazil lies further south, at the [[Jaguarão River]].

Herval is famous for its international [[rodeo]] festival, organized every January.

==Bounding municipalities== *[[Arroio Grande]] *[[Jaguarão]] *[[Pedras Altas]] *[[Pedro Osório]] *[[Pinheiro Machado, Rio Grande do Sul|Pinheiro Machado]] *[[Piratini (city)|Piratini]]

== See also == * [[List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul]]

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==External links== *http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/herval/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117024809/http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/herval/ |date=2007-11-17 }} {{in lang|pt}}

{{Municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul}}

[[Category:Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul]]

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