Oliveira de Frades () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district

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 ...

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 municipalities of Oliveira de Frades, Sao Pedro do Sul and Vouzela. It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without territorial continuity (the other being Montijo and

Vila Real de Santo António Vila Real de Santo António (, often run together as ) is a city, civil parish, and municipality in the Algarve, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,156, in an area of 61.25 km2. It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without ter ...

): its territory comprehends two parts, with the town of Oliveira de Frades located in the bigger part, and Arca e Varzielas in the smaller part. The present mayor is Paulo Ferreira, elected by the Nós, Cidadãos! party. The municipal holiday is October 7.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 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 ...

''): * Arca e Varzielas * Arcozelo das Maias * Destriz e Reigoso * Oliveira de Frades, Souto de Lafões e Sejães * Pinheiro * Ribeiradio * São João da Serra * São Vicente de Lafões

Notable people

Vítor Vinha Vítor Simões da Vinha (born 11 November 1986) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left back. Playing career Club Vinha was born in Oliveira de Frades, Viseu District. He reached Académica de Coimbra's youth system at the age o ...

(born 1986) a former footballer with 185 club caps

References

External links

Municipality official websitePhotos from Oliveira de Frades
Towns in Portugal Populated places in Viseu District Municipalities of Viseu District {{Viseu-geo-stub