Penacova

This article describes the small town and the district in the Portuguese district of Coimbra, for the municipality of the same name in the Portuguese district of Porto see Penacova (Felgueiras) .

Penacova
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Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Region of Coimbra
District :	Coimbra
Concelho :	Penacova
Coordinates :	40 ° 16 ′  N , 8 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 16 ′  N , 8 ° 17 ′  W
Residents:	3254 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	32.42 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	100 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor :	Humberto José Baptista Oliveira ( PS )
Penacova district
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Residents:	15,251 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	216.75 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	70 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	8th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Penacova Largo Alberto Leitão, 5 3360-341 Penacova
Website:	www.cm-penacova.pt

Penacova is a vila (small town) and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal with 3254 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

Penacova town hall

The Rio Mondego in the Penacova district

In the courtyard of the Mosteiro de Lorvão monastery

history

The place was first officially mentioned in 911, as Vila Cova . In 1036, under Arab rule, the fortification is already known as Castelo de Penacova (Eng .: Castle of Penacova). In the course of the Reconquista , Penacova was conquered and received city rights ( Foral ) for the first time in 1192 by the now independent Kingdom of Portugal .

King Manuel I renewed the city charter in 1513. In 1605 Penacova became an independent circle. In the years 1855 and 1898, the district was significantly expanded through incorporations.

Culture and sights

Numerous sacred buildings and some windmills , mansions and historical public buildings are listed, including the Mosteiro de Lorvão Monastery , which was first mentioned in 878 and expanded several times before its Baroque renovation in the 18th century , in which various queens are buried. In the monastery, which until 2012 partly housed a psychiatric clinic, there is a museum with a variety of exhibits of sacred art.

The historic center of Penacova is also a listed building.

In the direction of Serra do Buçaco , in a building built around a former windmill, is the Museu do Moinho Vitorino Nemésio (Eng .: Museum of the Vitorino Nemésio Mill). On two floors, and equipped with a café and a picnic parking lot, it shows the history of windmills and water mills in general and that of the local variants in particular.

In the historic center of Penacova

administration

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Penacova is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Mortágua , Santa Comba Dão , Tábua , Arganil , Vila Nova de Poiares , Coimbra and Mealhada .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from eleven to eight.

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are located in Penacova County:

Penacova district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Carvalho	846	30.14	28	061301
Figueira de Lorvão	2,737	26.68	103	061302
Friúmes e Paradela	870	22.18	39	061312
Lorvão	3,898	26.95	145	061304
Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego	1,079	22.58	48	061313
Penacova	3,254	32.42	100	061307
Sao Pedro de Alva e Sao Paio de Mondego	1,818	37.94	48	061314
Sazes do Lorvão	749	17.86	42	061310
Penacova district	15,251	216.75	70	0613

Population development

Population in Penacova County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
8,706	8,593	18,253	16,964	18,704	17,351	16,748	16,725	15,489

Municipal holiday

• July 17th (birthday of António José de Almeida )

Town twinning

•  France : Pont-Saint-Esprit (since 1999)

economy

In addition to some river fishing and agriculture, which is limited by the naturally acidic soils, forestry is of great importance here. 70% of the district is covered by forest, especially eucalyptus , maritime pine and acacia . In addition to wood processing, industrial companies in particular include construction companies, the Caldas de Penacova mineral water bottled here , and the traditional Cerâmica Estrela D´Alva brickworks .

Sons and daughters

• Lourenço de Santa Maria e Melo (1704–1783), Archbishop of Goa and later of the Algarve
• António José de Almeida (1866–1929), doctor and politician, President of Portugal
• José Alberto Carvalho (* 1967), journalist and news anchor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed December 29, 2012
5. ↑ ditto
6. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on December 29, 2012
7. ↑ ditto
8. ↑ www.cm-penacova.pt ( Memento of the original dated November 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 29, 2012 
9. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
10. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed December 29, 2012
11. ↑ www.cm-penacova.pt ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 29, 2012 

Web links

Commons : Penacova  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Penacova at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website
• Official presentation of the circle , as a video on YouTube