Tábua () is a town and
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 ...
of the
Coimbra District
Coimbra District ( pt, Distrito de Coimbra, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra.
Municipalities
The district is composed by 17 municipalities:
* Arganil
* Cantanhede
* Coimbra
* Condeixa ...
, in Portugal. The municipality contains the town of Tábua. The population in 2011 was 12,071,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
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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 ...
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Notable people
* Sara Beirão
Sara Beirão (1880 - 1974) was a Portuguese writer, journalist, women's rights activist and philanthropist. As an author, she is particularly known for fiction aimed at children and youth and for her work as publisher and editor of the '' Alma fe ...
(1880 in Tábua - 1974) a writer, journalist, women's rights activist and philanthropist.
* António Castanheira Neves
António Castanheira Neves (born 8 November 1929 in Tábua) is a Portuguese legal philosopher and a professor emeritus at the law faculty of the University of Coimbra.
According to Castanheira Neves, law can only be understood through ''legal pro ...
(born 1929 in Tábua) a Portuguese legal philosopher and academic
* André Fontes (born 1985 in Tábua) a footballer with over 330 club caps
References
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