Pedrógão Grande (; ) is a municipality in the district of

Leiria Leiria () is a city and municipality in the Central Region, Portugal, Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, after Coimbra, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat o ...

in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,915Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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; however, the current municipality was established only in 1898. The present mayor is Valdemar Gomes Fernandes Alves, an independent elected in 2013 by the

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. The municipal holiday is July 24. The municipality is located in a large region of granite and shale in the basin of the Zêzere and Unhais rivers and the streams of Pêra and Mega, currently enlarged by the reservoirs of two large dams: Cabril and Bouçã. It has a typical Mediterranean climate: winters are cold, the summers dry and torrid. The reservoirs have affected the local climate, making it more gentle. These waters are rich in fisheries including

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, barbo, and

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. The municipality and surrounding region has suffered in the 2017 Portugal wildfires, leaving 64 dead, over 250 injured and forty evacuated villages. File:PONTE FILIPINA 1.jpg, Old bridge (Filipina) File:PONTE FILIPINA 2.jpg, Old bridge (Filipina) File:PONTE IC8.jpg, Bridge over

Zêzere river The Zêzere () is a river in Portugal, tributary to the Tagus. It rises in the Serra da Estrela, near the '' Torre'', the highest point of continental Portugal. The Zêzere runs through the town Manteigas, runs through Belmonte, passes south of ...

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Cabril Dam Cabril Dam () is a concrete double curvature arch dam on the Zêzere River, where the river forms the border line between the districts of Castelo Branco and Leiria. It is located in the municipality Sertã, in Castelo Branco District, Portugal. ...

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into three civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Graça * Pedrógão Grande * Vila Facaia

References

Populated places in Leiria District Municipalities of Leiria District {{Leiria-geo-stub

Parishes

See also

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