Celorico da Beira
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/ |
Celorico da Beira (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]
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[edit]
Administratively, 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]
- 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.
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