Ribeira de Pena () 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

Vila Real District The District of Vila Real ( pt, Distrito de Vila Real ) is a district of northern Portugal. With an area of , the district is located east of the port city of Porto and north of the Douro River. Vila Real has always belonged to the historical ...

, in Norte Region in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,544,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
in an area of 217.46 km². Located on a zone of transition between the harsh and mountainous

Trás-os-Montes Trás-os-Montes () is a geographical, historical and cultural region of Portugal. Portuguese for "behind the mountains", Trás-os-Montes is located northeast of the country in an upland area, landlocked by the Douro and Tâmega rivers to south a ...

and the verdant Minho, the municipality of Ribeira de Pena, crossed by the calm waters of the

Tâmega River Tâmega may refer to: * Tâmega River, in Spain and Portugal * Tâmega Subregion, Portugal * Guilherme Tâmega, six time world bodyboarding champion * List of ships of the Portuguese Navy#Destroyers, ''Tamega'', a Portuguese Navy destroyer {{dab, ...

, displays unique characteristics and also offers visitors the unmistakable flavour of the region's " green wine." Equally rich is the heritage left by man since remote times, visible at abundant prehistoric remains such as the Stone Age engravings of Lamelas, several dolmens and archaeological monuments and fortified settlements such as the ruins found at Monte do Cabriz, near the village of Cerva. The current mayor is

João Noronha João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * Jo ...

, elected in 2017 by PS. The municipal holiday is August 16.

Notable people

Flávio Meireles Flávio Miguel Magalhães Sousa Meireles (born 3 October 1976) is a Portuguese retired Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder, and is the director of football of Vitória S.C., Vitór ...

(born 1976) a retired defensive midfield footballer with 327 club caps.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 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 ...

''): * Alvadia * Canedo *

Cerva e Limões Cerva e Limões is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira de Pena Municipality, Ribeira de Pena, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Cerva and Limões. The population in 2011 was 2,615,< ...

Ribeira de Pena (Salvador) e Santo Aleixo de Além-Tâmega Ribeira de Pena (Salvador) e Santo Aleixo de Além-Tâmega is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira de Pena Ribeira de Pena () is a municipality in the Vila Real District, in Norte Region in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,544,

* Santa Marinha

References

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Photos from Ribeira de Pena
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