Penalva do Castelo

Penalva do Castelo
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Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Dão-Lafoes
District :	Viseu
Concelho :	Penalva do Castelo
Coordinates :	40 ° 40 ′  N , 7 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 40 ′  N , 7 ° 42 ′  W
Residents:	7956 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	134.33 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km²
Penalva do Castelo county
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Residents:	7956 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	134.33 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	11
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Penalva do Castelo Avenida Castendo 3550-185 Penalva do Castelo
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Dr. Leonidio Monteiro
Website:	www.cm-penalvadocastelo.pt

Penalva do Castelo is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 7956 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The main church of the place

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement. Celtic Lusitanians lived here. They were made by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. Subjected to BC. From 711 the Moors also conquered this area in the course of their conquest.

In the 12th century, D.Teresa and her son, who later became the first king of Portugal, D.Afonso Henriques , had their first monastery built here. After the independence of Portugal Afonso Henriques gave the place city ​​rights for the first time in 1102 .

King Manuel I renewed the town charter in 1514 . After the place was previously called Castanedo, it was renamed Penalva do Castelo in 1957 .

administration

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Penalva do Castelo is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Sátão , Aguiar da Beira , Fornos de Algodres , Mangualde and Viseu .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 13 to 11.

The district and its parishes

The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Penalva do Castelo county:

Penalva do Castelo county

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Antas e Matela	473	18.27	26th	181114
Castelo de Penalva	914	27.16	34	181102
Esmolfe	417	10.87	38	181103
Germil	427	5.46	78	181104
Ínsua	2,045	9.44	217	181105
Lusinde	189	2.81	67	181106
Pindo	1.916	16.76	114	181109
real	263	4.69	56	181110
Sezures	726	21.04	35	181111
Trancozelos	269	5.12	52	181112
Vila Cova do Covelo e Mareco	317	12.71	25th	181115
Penalva do Castelo county	7,956	134.33	59	1811

Population development

Population of Penalva do Castelo (1981-2011)
1981	1991	2001	2011
10.142	8,980	9,018	8.001

Municipal holiday

• August 25

Town twinning

•  United States : Cumberland (since 1995)

Web links

Commons : Penalva do Castelo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

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. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on August 20, 2013
4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on August 20, 2013
5. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
6. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on August 20, 2013