Vila Nova de Poiares () is a municipality in 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 population in 2011 was 7,281,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
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Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 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 ...
''):
* Arrifana
* Lavegadas
* Santo André de Poiares
* São Miguel de Poiares
International relations
Vila Nova de Poiares is twinned with:
* Mielec
Mielec ( yi, מעליץ-Melitz) is the largest city and seat of Mielec County. Mielec is located in south-eastern Poland (Lesser Poland), in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Województwo Podkarpackie). The population of Mielec in December 2021 was ...
in Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
Douchy-Les-Mines, France
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Photos from Vila Nova de Poiares
Towns in Portugal
Municipalities of Coimbra District
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