Viseu Dão-Lafões is a

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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 Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabita ...

, 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

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to the northwest, the

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subregion to the north, the

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subregion to the northeast, the

Beiras e Serra da Estrela The Comunidade Intermunicipal das Beiras e Serra da Estrela () is an administrative division in eastern Portugal. It was created in 2013. Since January 2015, Beiras e Serra da Estrela is also a NUTS3 subregion of Centro Region The Central Region ...

subregion to the east, the

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subregion to the south and the

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subregion to the west.

Municipalities

The subregion consists of the following 14 municipalities: * Aguiar da Beira *

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 th ...

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' ...

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 ma ...

Nelas Nelas () is a municipality located in the Centro Region of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,037, in an area of 125.71 km². History Settlement of the territory of Nelas dates back to the settlement by Neolithic and Stone a ...

Oliveira de Frades Oliveira de Frades () is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,261, in an area of 145.35 km2. The municipality was created in 1836 by splitting the former municipality Lafões into the current municip ...

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 ...

Santa Comba Dão Santa Comba Dão () is a city and a municipality in the Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 11,597, in an area of 111.95 km2. The city proper has a population of 3,300. The present mayor is Leonel Gouveia, elected in 2013 ...

* São Pedro do Sul *

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. Pari ...

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 mun ...

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 holida ...

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 ...

Demographics

Inhabitants

The 2021 census shows that in the subregion the population has decreased to 252,796, compared to the year 2011, where the population was 267,728 and in 2001, where the population was 275,934.

and

are the only ones of the 14 municipalities that registered an increase, while the other 12 municipalities registered a decrease.

References

Former NUTS 3 statistical regions of Portugal {{DEFAULTSORT:Dao-Lafoes