Celorico da Beira (European Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨluˈɾiku ðɐ ˈβɐjɾɐ] ) is a municipality in Guarda District in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 7,693,[1] in an area of 247.22 km2.[2]
Celorico da Beira | |
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 Celorico da Beira Castle | |
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| Coordinates: 40°37′N 7°23′W / 40.617°N 7.383°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Centro |
| Intermunic. comm. | Beiras e Serra da Estrela |
| District | Guarda |
| Parishes | 16 |
| Government | |
| • President | Carlos Ascensão (PSD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 247.22 km2 (95.45 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,693 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | May 23 |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20060414002150/http://www.cm-celoricodabeira.pt/ |
Main town: Celorico da Beira, near the Mondego River.
Principal monument: Celorico da Beira Castle. Train station: Celorico da Beira, linha da Beira Alta. The present Mayor is Carlos Ascensão, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May 23.
Parishes
editAdministratively, the municipality is divided into 16 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
- Açores e Velosa
- Baraçal
- Carrapichana
- Casas do Soeiro
- Celorico (São Pedro e Santa Maria) e Vila Boa do Mondego
- Cortiçô da Serra, Vide Entre Vinhas e Salgueirais
- Forno Telheiro
- Lajeosa do Mondego
- Linhares
- Maçal do Chão
- Mesquitela
- Minhocal
- Prados
- Rapa e Cadafaz
- Ratoeira
- Vale de Azares
Notable people
edit- Abraham Miguel Cardoso (1626–1706), a Jewish-Sabbatean activist
- João Cabral (1599-??) a Jesuit missionary to Bhutan.
- José César Ferreira Gil (1858-1922) an Army general and a military historian.
- Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral (1881–1924) a Portuguese aviation pioneer.
- Alfredo Cunha (born 1953) a Portuguese photographer and photojournalist
- Paulo Gomes (born 1973) a Portuguese marathon runner.
References
edit- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 37" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2014.
External links
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