Castro Daire Explained

Type:	municipality
Official Name:	Castro Daire
Flag Border:	no
Coordinates:	40.9°N -63°W
Region:	Centro
Cim:	Viseu Dão Lafões
District:	Viseu
Parishes:	16
Leader Party:	PS
Leader Name:	Manuel Pertencho
Area Total Km2:	379.04
Population Total:	15,339
Population As Of:	2011
Holiday:	Saint Peter June 29

Castro Daire (pronounced as /pt-PT/) is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,339,^[1] in an area of 379.04 km².^[2]

The present mayor is Paulo Almeida, elected by a coalition CDS-PP, PSD. The municipal holiday is June 29 (St Peter's Day).

Demographics

Population of Castro Daire Municipality (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
2504	9603	21274	24076	25031	20411	18156	16990	15339

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

• Almofala
• Cabril
• Castro Daire
• Cujó
• Gosende
• Mamouros, Alva e Ribolhos
• Mezio e Moura Morta
• Mões
• Moledo
• Monteiras
• Parada de Ester e Ester
• Pepim
• Picão e Ermida
• Pinheiro
• Reriz e Gafanhão
• São Joaninho

Notable people

• Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693) a rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer.

Sport

• • Vítor Manuel da Silva Marques (born 1969), known as Vitinha a futsal player and captain of the Portugal national futsal team Luís Carlos (born 1972) a former footballer with 140 club caps
• Ricardo Ferreira (born 1982) a footballer with 124 caps with Académico de Viseu
• Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro (born 1988), known as Licá, a footballer with over 330 club caps

External links

• Town Hall official website
• Photos from Castro Daire

Notes and References

1. http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. Web site: Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país . 2018-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ . 2018-11-05 . dead .
3. Web site: Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 36. 20 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. Portuguese. pdf.