Felgueiras () is a municipality in
Porto District
The District of Porto ( pt, Distrito do Porto ) is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro and Viseu districts to the south, Br ...
, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city status received on 13 July 1990) and
Lixa. The population in 2011 was 58,065,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
/ref> in an area of 115.74 km².
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 20 civil parishes ('' freguesias''):Pedreira, Rande e Sernande
Pedreira, Rande e Sernande is a civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, ...
* Penacova
Penacova ( or ) is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251, in an area of 216.73 km².
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (''freguesias''):
...
* Pinheiro
* Pombeiro da Ribavizela
* Refontoura
* Regilde
* Revinhade
* Sendim
* Torrados e Sousa
* Unhão e Lordelo
* Vila Cova da Lixa e Borba de Godim
* Vila Fria e Vizela (São Jorge)
* Vila Verde e Santão
Demographics
Industry
Felgueiras is one of the biggest producers of Europe in the shoewear area.
Notable people
* Nicolau Coelho
Nicolau Coelho (c.1460, in Felgueiras – 1502, off the coast of Mozambique) was an expert Portuguese navigator and explorer during the age of discovery. He participated in the discovery of the route to India by Vasco da Gama where he commande ...
(ca.1460 in Felgueiras – 1502, off the coast of Mozambique) was an expert Portuguese navigator and explorer during the age of discovery
The Age of Discovery (or the Age of Exploration), also known as the early modern period, was a period largely overlapping with the Age of Sail, approximately from the 15th century to the 17th century in European history, during which seafarin ...
.
Sport
* Álvaro Pacheco (born 25 June 1971) a Portuguese football manager and former player with over 360 club caps
* Nélson Manuel Ribeiro da Silva (born 1979), known as ''Nelsinho,'' is a Portuguese footballer with over 570 club caps
* Frederico Filipe Teixeira Ribeiro (born 1982), known as ''Zamorano,'' a Portuguese retired footballer with 376 club caps
* Daniel Ricardo da Silva Soares (born 1982), known as ''Dani'', a Portuguese footballer with over 425 club caps
* Carlos Pedro Carvalho Sousa (born 1985), known as ''Pintassilgo,'' a Portuguese former footballer with 347 club caps
* Tiago Moreira
Tiago André Lopes Moreira (born 27 April 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.C. Covilhã as a right-back.
Club career
Born in Felgueiras, Porto District, Moreira spent most of his youth career in the ranks of FC Port ...
(born 1988) a Portuguese footballer with over 425 club caps
References
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Cities in Portugal
Municipalities of Porto District
People from Felgueiras