Penalva do Castelo

Penalva do Castelo
Municipality
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Coordinates: 40°40′N 7°41′W / 40.667°N 7.683°WCoordinates: 40°40′N 7°41′W / 40.667°N 7.683°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Subregion	Dão-Lafões
Intermunic. comm.	Viseu Dão Lafões
District	Viseu
Parishes	11
Government
• President	Leonídio Mointeiro (PSD-CDS)
Area
• Total	134.34 km^2 (51.87 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	7,956
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)
Website	http://www.cm-penalvadocastelo.pt

Penalva do Castelo (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɨˈnaɫvɐ ðu kɐʃˈtɛlu]) is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,956,^[1] in an area of 134.34 km².^[2]

The present mayor is Leonídio Gomes Monteiro, elected by a coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party. The municipal holiday is August 25.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

• Antas e Matela
• Castelo de Penalva
• Esmolfe
• Germil
• Ínsua
• Lusinde
• Pindo
• Real
• Sezures
• Trancozelos
• Vila Cova do Covelo e Mareco

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. Direção-Geral do Território
3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 91-92" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.

External links

• Municipality official website