Linhares is the name of a municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, 135km north of the state capital, Vitória. It is the largest municipality by area in the state, at 9,501.6km², and has a population of 157.814 people (2013).
The municipality is named in honor of D. Rodrigo de Souza Coutinho, Count of Linhares, who was a minister in the Brazilian government in the first two decades of the 19th century.