Penamacor
Penamacor | |
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Settlement | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 40°10′06″N 7°10′02″W / 40.1683°N 7.1672°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Centro |
| Intermunic. comm. | Beira Baixa |
| District | Castelo Branco |
| Area | |
| • Total | 563.71 km2 (217.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,682 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Website | http://www.cm-penamacor.pt |
Penamacor (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɨnɐmɐˈkoɾ] or [penɐmɐˈkoɾ]) is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,682,[1] in an area of 563.71 square kilometres (217.65 sq mi).[2] The physician and encyclopédiste António Nunes Ribeiro Sanches was born in Penamacor.
The mayor is António Luís Beites Soares.[3] The municipal holiday is the Easter Monday.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 9 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
- Aldeia do Bispo, Águas e Aldeia de João Pires
- Aranhas
- Benquerença
- Meimão
- Meimoa
- Pedrógão de São Pedro e Bemposta
- Penamacor
- Salvador
- Vale da Senhora da Póvoa
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Direção-Geral do Território Archived 2014-09-29 at archive.today
- ^ Penamacor Boletim Informative No 36 Julho 2014
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 92" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
External links
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