Póvoa de Penela

Póvoa de Penela
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Norte
Sub-region :	Douro
District :	Viseu
Concelho :	Penedono
Coordinates :	41 ° 3 ′  N , 7 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 3 ′  N , 7 ° 23 ′  W
Residents:	325 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	9.77 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	33 inhabitants per km²

Póvoa de Penela is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district of Penedono . It has 325 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011). Translated into German, the community means people of the peninsula .

history

The underlying village was founded on September 12, 1514 by Manueline. It belonged to Trevões County until October 24, 1855, when the residents died out or moved away. It was not until September 7, 1895 that people settled again in the village, which now became part of the municipality of São João da Pesqueira. The residents built a church and a rectory and appointed a pastor . The Catholic parish is parish in the diocese of Lamego and bears the name Santa Margarida .

Population development

number

Population of the parish between 1864 and 2011

Within around 150 years, the population has decreased by more than half.

Number of inhabitants

year	1864	1878	1890	1900	1911	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2011
Residents	804	792	757	817	651	579	684	699	769	794	526	495	528	432	325

Age composition

Age composition in 2011
in numbers (left), in percent (right)

Age group	in 2011	Share of the total population in%
00-14	039	14.6
15-24	035	14.4
25-64	163	46.3
> 65	088	24.7

Parish

The residents belong to the Paróquia de Póvoa de Penela .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ Website of the Parochie Póvoa de Penela , accessed on January 12, 2019 (only Portuguese).