Resende () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Viseu District
The District of Viseu ( pt, Distrito de Viseu ) is located in the Central Inland of Portugal, the District Capital is the city of Viseu.
Municipalities
The district is composed by 24 municipalities:
* Armamar
* Carregal do Sal
* Castro Daire
* ...
in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 11,364,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
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The present mayor is Manuel Garcez Trindade, elected by the Socialist Party
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. The municipal holiday is September 29.
Demographics
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 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 ...
''):Felgueiras e Feirão
Felgueiras e Feirão is a civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or th ...
* Freigil e Miomães
* Ovadas e Panchorra
* Paus
* Resende
* São Cipriano
* São João de Fontoura
* São Martinho de Mouros
Famous people
*Edgar Cardoso Edgar Cardoso (11 May 1913, Resende – 5 July 2000, Porto) was a noted Portuguese civil engineer and university professor. In Portugal, Edgar Cardoso was a pioneer of experimental analysis of structures and of high precision instruments developed ...
(1913 in Resende – 2000 in Porto) a noted civil engineer and university professor.
References
External links
Municipality official websitePhotos from ResendeFelgueiras (Resende) websiteResende News
Towns in Portugal
Populated places in Viseu District
Municipalities of Viseu District
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