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Dão-Lafões Subregion
Viseu Dão-Lafões is a Portuguese subregion located in the north of the Central Region. In 2021, the subregion recorded 252,984 inhabitants and a population density of 78 inhabitants per km2. The subregion has an area of 3,238 km2, which can be divided into 14 municipalities and 156 parishes. The capital of the subregion is the city of Viseu, which is the largest city in the subregion and the third largest city in the Central Region, with 99,561 inhabitants in the entire municipality and 59,469 inhabitants in the urban area. It borders the Porto metropolitan area to the northwest, the Tâmega e Sousa subregion to the north, the Douro subregion to the northeast, the Beiras e Serra da Estrela subregion to the east, the Região de Coimbra subregion to the south and the Região de Aveiro subregion to the west. Municipalities The subregion consists of the following 14 municipalities: * Aguiar da Beira * Carregal do Sal * Castro Daire * Mangualde * Nelas * Oliveira de Frades * Pe ...
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Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ...
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Penalva Do Castelo
Penalva do Castelo () is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,956, in an area of 134.34 km2. The present mayor is Francisco Lopes de Carvalho, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is August 25. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (''freguesias ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...''): * Antas e Matela * Castelo de Penalva * Esmolfe * Germil * Ínsua * Lusinde * Pindo * Real * Sezures * Trancozelos * Vila Cova do Covelo e Mareco References External linksMunicipality official website Towns in Portugal Populated places in Viseu District Municipalities of Viseu District {{Viseu-geo-stub ...
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São Pedro Do Sul, Portugal
São Pedro do Sul () is a Concelho, municipality in the Centro Region, Portugal, Central Portugal, Portuguese district of Viseu (district), Viseu. Part of the subregion of Dão-Lafões, the municipality has a population of 16,851 inhabitants and includes 14 Freguesia (Portugal), civil parishes. The seat of this municipality is the city of São Pedro do Sul, with a population of 5,728 inhabitants. History Pre-Roman One of the oldest monuments of the region is the "Pedra Escrita" that is a written granitic megalith dated from 10th century BC. In the region there are three known "Castros". The castro is a fortified village that began to be inhabited from the 6th century BC, lacking streets with right angles and characterised by construction which is almost always circular. One of the Castros in São Pedro do Sul is Castro da Cárcoda. Roman Era In the region there are several Roman bridges and Roman Thermal Spas. Middle Ages São Pedro do Sul was the southern border of the Kingdom ...
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Mangualde
Mangualde () is a municipality in the subregion of Dão-Lafões (historical Beira Interior), central region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,880, in an area of 219.26 km2. History The region of Mangualde has been a crossroads of many peoples: Viriathus's warriors, transhumance shepherds, Romans, Moors and Christian conquerors, including soldiers from Castile or France, or even pilgrims. Mangualde was an important outpost in the textile trade from Covilhã, Seia and Gouveia. Its location, on the frontier with the Serra da Estrela and marginalized by its geography to north, was nonetheless a channel of pre-historic cultures associated with the dolmens that are found through the region. The mount of Nossa Senhora do Castelo, is one such example of the pre-Romanic castros that were used by the early settlers, then reappropriated by the Roman soldiers as forts. The Romans, attracted by the riches of the Iberian Peninsula (primarily minerals), began to progressively occu ...
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Carregal Do Sal
Carregal do Sal () is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,835, in an area of 116.89 km2. The present mayor is Atílio dos Santos Nunes, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is the second Monday after the third Sunday of July. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Beijós * Cabanas de Viriato * Currelos, Papízios e Sobral * Oliveira do Conde * Parada History The municipality was created in 1836, by merging the now extinct Currelos and Oliveira do Conde municipalities. There was a place in Currelos called Carregal. Later it became known as “do Sal” (English: ''of salt'') after the big salt evaporation ponds constructed there by order of Francisco Lucas de Melo Pais do Amaral (7 May 1752 – 6 April 1819), of Casa de Santar (Melo Pais do Amaral, and after Count of Santar). Taking advantage of the location by the road, by then the major land connection ...
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Aguiar Da Beira
Aguiar da Beira () is a municipality in Guarda District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,473, in an area of . The present Mayor is Virgílio da Cunha, elected by an independent group of citizens. The municipal holiday is February 10. History Analysis of archaeological patrimony in the region suggest that human occupation in the region extends to the 4 millennium B.C., from investigations at the megalithic site of Carapito and the Dolmen of Carapito. Within the proto-historic period, three sites (Castro de Carapito, Castro da Gralheira and Castro das Albelhas) were primary settlements in the region that collected small populations. On these sites were evidence of Roman tiles (specifically Castro da Gralheira and Castro das Albelhas), suggesting a longer period of settlement, beyond the Roman occupation. Roman presence in the region also included vestiges, as in the case of granite edicules, in the locality of Penaverde (later conserved in the National Arcaheological Museu ...
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Castro Daire
Castro Daire () is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,339, in an area of 379.04 km2. The present mayor is Paulo Almeida , elected by a coalition CDS-PP, PSD. The municipal holiday is June 29 (St Peter's Day). Climate Demographics Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Almofala * Cabril * Castro Daire * Cujó * Gosende * Mamouros, Alva e Ribolhos * Mezio e Moura Morta * Mões * Moledo * Monteiras * Parada de Ester e Ester * Pepim * Picão e Ermida * Pinheiro * Reriz e Gafanhão * São Joaninho Notable people * Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693) a rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer. Sport * Vítor Manuel da Silva Marques (born 1969), known as '' Vitinha'' a futsal player and captain of the Portugal national futsal team The Portugal national futsal team represents Portugal in international men's futsal competitions and is controlled by the Portuguese Football ...
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Vouzela
Vouzela () is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,564, in an area of 193.69 km2. The present mayor is Rui Ladeira, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May 14. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 9 civil parishes (''freguesias ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...''): * Alcofra * Cambra e Carvalhal de Vermilhas * Campia * Fataunços e Figueiredo das Donas * Fornelo do Monte * Queirã * São Miguel do Mato * Ventosa * Vouzela e Paços de Vilharigues Notable people * Giles of Santarém (ca.1185 – 1265) a Portuguese-Dominican scholar. * Simão Rodrigues (1510-1579) a Portuguese-Jesuit priest and one of the co-founders of the Society of Jesus. * Paulo Alexandre ...
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Vila Nova De Paiva
Vila Nova de Paiva () is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,176, in an area of 175.53 km2. The present mayor is Manuel Marques Custódio, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is March 2. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Pendilhe * Queiriga * Touro * Vila Cova à Coelheira * Vila Nova de Paiva, Alhais e Fráguas Notable people * Cláudio Ramos (born 1991 in Vila Nova de Paiva) a football goalkeeper for FC Porto; spent most of his career with Tondela Tondela () is a municipality in the central Portuguese subregion of Dão-Lafões. The population in 2011 was 28,946, in an area of 371.22 km². History Local writer and intellectual Amadeu Ferraz de Carvalho (1876–1951) wrote of the munic ... with 267 club caps References External linksMunicipality official website
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Tondela Municipality
Tondela () is a municipality in the central Portuguese subregion of Dão-Lafões. The population in 2011 was 28,946, in an area of 371.22 km². History Local writer and intellectual Amadeu Ferraz de Carvalho (1876–1951) wrote of the municipality of Tondela in the following terms: "The municipality of Tondela extends over the plateau, covers part of the eastern slope of Caramulo and surpassing the saw still slopes through the highlands of São João do Monte, over the gentle flanks of the upper Águeda basin. In this way, the natural sections of your area are: part of the plateau, cut by the Dão and its effluents the Paiva and Dinha ivers the depressed lands between the plateau and the Serra do Caramulo, drained by the Criz iverand its effluents; a part of the eastern flanks of the Caramulanian mountains and elevated east around the Águeda basin; and I add, an extreme basin, with Quaternary deposits, that indicate small extinct lakes, along the Serra do Caramulo; and t ...
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Sátão
Sátão () is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 12,444, in an area of 201.94 km2. The present mayor is Paulo Santos, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is August 20. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 9 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Águas Boas e Forles * Avelal * Ferreira de Aves * Mioma * Rio de Moinhos * Romãs, Decermilo e Vila Longa * São Miguel de Vila Boa * Sátão * Silvã de Cima Notable people * Tobias Figueiredo (born 1994) a footballer with over 150 club caps, plays for Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ... * Pedro Rodrigues a footballer with over 150 club caps References External links * Towns in Portugal Popu ...
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São Pedro Do Sul Municipality, Portugal
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