Celorico da Beira () is a municipality in
Guarda District
The district of Guarda ( pt, Distrito de Guarda ) is located in the Centro Region of Portugal, except Vila Nova de Foz Côa, which is in the Norte Region. The district capital and most populous city is Guarda.
Municipalities
The district conta ...
in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 7,693,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
in an area of 247.22 km
2.
Main town: Celorico da Beira, near the
Mondego River
The Rio Mondego () or Mondego River is the longest river entirely within Portuguese territory. It has its source in Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in mainland Portugal (i.e. excluding the Portuguese islands). It runs from the Go ...
.
Principal monument:
Celorico da Beira Castle. Train station: Celorico da Beira, linha da
Beira Alta.
The present Mayor is José Francisco Gomes Monteiro, elected by the
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...
. The municipal holiday is May 23.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 16 civil parishes (''
freguesias
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''):
* 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
*
João Cabral (1599-??) a Jesuit missionary to
Bhutan
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.
*
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
External links
Municipality official website
Towns in Portugal
Municipalities of Guarda District
People from Celorico da Beira
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