Penalva do Castelo

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

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Coordinates: 40°40′N 7°41′W / 40.667°N 7.683°W / 40.667; -7.683Country

PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Viseu Dão LafõesDistrictViseuParishes11SGovernment

• PresidentFrancisco CarvalhoArea

• Total134.34 km² (51.87 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total7,956 • Density59/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidayAugust 25Websitehttp://www.cm-penalvadocastelo.pt

Penalva do Castelo (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɨˈnalvɐ 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 Francisco Lopes de Carvalho, elected by the Socialist 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

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 91-92" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.