Vila Nova de Paiva () is a
municipality
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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 5,176, in an area of 175.53 km
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The present mayor is Manuel Marques Custódio, elected by the Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
For ...
. The municipal holiday is March 2.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (''freguesias
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Notable people
* Cláudio Ramos
Cláudio Pires Morais Ramos (born 16 November 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for FC Porto as a goalkeeper.
He spent most of his career with Tondela, making 267 total appearances over nine seasons. In 2020, he signed wit ...
(born 1991 in Vila Nova de Paiva) a football goalkeeper for FC Porto
Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...
; spent most of his career with Tondela
Tondela () is a municipality in the central Portuguese subregion of Dão-Lafões. The population in 2011 was 28,946, in an area of 371.22 km².
History
Local writer and intellectual Amadeu Ferraz de Carvalho (1876–1951) wrote of the munic ...
with 267 club caps
References
External links
Municipality official websitePhotos from Vila Nova de Paiva
Populated places in Viseu District
Municipalities of Viseu District
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