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 dist ...
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
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 ...
. 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 (''
freguesia
''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 Por ...
''):
* Castanheira de Pera e Coentral
Climate
Notable people
*
Kalidás Barreto (1932–2020) a Portuguese accountant and trade unionist; active in Castanheira de Pera where he died
*
João Carvalho (born 1997) a Portuguese footballer with nearly 200 club caps, he plays for
Nottingham Forest F.C.
References
External links
Municipality official website
Towns in Portugal
Populated places in Leiria District
Municipalities of Leiria District
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