Vila Velha de Ródão () is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,521,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
in an area of 329.91 km².Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
/ref> The present mayor is Maria Carmo Sequeira, elected by the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

. The municipal holiday is the Monday after the 4th Sunday of August. In 1762, it was the site of the

Battle of Vila Velha The Battle of Vila Velha or Battle of Vila Velha de Ródão took place in October 1762 when a British-Portuguese force led by John Burgoyne and Charles Lee surprised and recaptured the town of Vila Velha de Ródão from Spanish invaders during ...

. On 5 November 2007, a road accident on A23 killed 15 people and injured 22.

Climate

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 ...

''): * Fratel * Perais * Sarnadas de Ródão * Vila Velha de Ródão

Notable people

Armindo Monteiro Armindo Rodrigues de Sttau Monteiro (16 December 1896 – 15 October 1955), known as Armindo Monteiro, was a Portuguese university professor, businessman, diplomat and politician who exercised important functions during the Estado Novo period ...

(1896 – 1955) a university professor, businessman, diplomat and politician *

Manuel Cargaleiro Manuel Cargaleiro, (born 1927 in Vila Velha de Ródão), is a Portuguese artist who creates ceramic and painting. Cargaleiro learned as an autodidact. He produced earthenware squares, the Portuguese Azulejo, an art that still has its importance i ...

(born 1927 in Vila Velha de Ródão) an artist who creates ceramic and painting

Powerboat Racing

In October 2020, Vila Velha de Ródão hosted the final two rounds of the

UIM F2 World Championship The F2 World Championship is an international powerboat racing competition organised by the Union Internationale Motonautique The Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) is the international governing body of powerboating, based in the Principal ...

. The series was won by Portuguese driver Duarte Benavente.

External links

Municipality official websitePhotos from Vila Velha de Ródão

References

Towns in Portugal Populated places in Castelo Branco District Municipalities of Castelo Branco District {{CasteloBranco-geo-stub