Ferreira do Zêzere () is a municipality in

Santarém District The District of Santarém ( pt, Distrito de Santarém ) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's ''Centro Region''. The district capital is the city of Santarém. The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of , and a pop ...

in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,619,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 190.38 km². The municipal holiday is June 13.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 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 ...

''): * Águas Belas * Areias e Pias * Beco * Chãos * Ferreira do Zêzere * Igreja Nova do Sobral *

Nossa Senhora do Pranto Nossa Senhora do Pranto is a civil parish in the municipality of Ferreira do Zêzere Ferreira do Zêzere () is a municipality in Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,619, in an area of 190.38 km². The municipal holida ...

History

This old village, founded by Pedro Ferreira and his wife in the 13th century is actually one of the most touristic villages in the district of Santarém. In the surroundings of Ferreira do Zêzere there is the medieval

Vila de Dornes Vila may refer to: People *Vila (surname) Places Andorra * Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp Brazil * Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso * Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State of ...

with an excellent view over the

Zêzere River The Zêzere () is a river in Portugal, tributary to the Tagus. It rises in the Serra da Estrela, near the '' Torre'', the highest point of continental Portugal. The Zêzere runs through the town Manteigas, runs through Belmonte, passes south of t ...

and a classified Templar Tower.

References

External links

Notícias do ZêzereFerreiradigital.comTown Hall official websitePhotos from Ferreira do Zêzere
Towns in Portugal Populated places in Santarém District Municipalities of Santarém District {{Santarém-geo-stub