Castanheira de Pera (), often erroneously written Castanheira de Pêra, is a municipality in the district of

Leiria Leiria (; cel-x-proto, ɸlāryo) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own distr ...

in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,191,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
in an area of 66.77 km². The present Mayor is Fernando José Pires Lopes, elected by the

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. The municipal holiday is on July 4. File:PRAIA DAS ROCAS 1.jpg, Roca's Beach File:CORGA.jpg, Corga File:VERAS.jpg, Véras File:POÇOS ST ANTONIO DA NEVE 1.jpg, St. António da Neve

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality consists of 1 civil parish (''

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''): * Castanheira de Pera e Coentral

Climate

Notable people

Kalidás Barreto Luís Maria Kalidás da Costa Barreto GOL (16 October 1932 – 30 October 2020) was a Portuguese accountant and unionist. Barreto was one of the founders of Portuguese trades union confederation, the CGTP, some five decades earlier, and died on ...

(1932–2020) a Portuguese accountant and trade unionist; active in Castanheira de Pera where he died *

João Carvalho João António Antunes Carvalho (born 9 March 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Estoril on loan from Olympiacos. Club career Benfica Born in Castanheira de Pera, Leiria District, Carvalho jo ...

(born 1997) a Portuguese footballer with nearly 200 club caps, he plays for

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References

External links

Municipality official website
Towns in Portugal Populated places in Leiria District Municipalities of Leiria District {{Leiria-geo-stub