Celorico da Beira explained

Type:	municipality
Official Name:	Celorico da Beira
Coordinates:	40.6167°N -30°W
Region:	Centro
Cim:	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District:	Guarda
Leader Party:	PSD
Leader Name:	Carlos Ascensão
Area Total Km2:	247.22
Population Total:	7693
Parishes:	16
Holiday:	May 23
Website:	https://web.archive.org/web/20060414002150/http://www.cm-celoricodabeira.pt/

Celorico da Beira (pronounced as /pt-PT/) is a municipality in Guarda District in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 7,693,^[1] in an area of 247.22 km².^[2]

Main town: Celorico da Beira, near the Mondego River.

Principal monument: Celorico da Beira Castle. Train station: Celorico da Beira, linha da Beira Alta.The present Mayor is Carlos Ascensão, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May 23.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 16 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

• Açores e Velosa
• Baraçal
• Carrapichana
• Casas do Soeiro
• Celorico (São Pedro e Santa Maria) e Vila Boa do Mondego
• Cortiçô da Serra, Vide Entre Vinhas e Salgueirais
• Forno Telheiro
• Lajeosa do Mondego
• Linhares
• Maçal do Chão
• Mesquitela
• Minhocal
• Prados
• Rapa e Cadafaz
• Ratoeira
• Vale de Azares

Notable people

• Abraham Miguel Cardoso (1626–1706), a Jewish-Sabbatean activist
• João Cabral (1599-??) a Jesuit missionary to Bhutan.
• José César Ferreira Gil (1858-1922) an Army general and a military historian.
• Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral (1881–1924) a Portuguese aviation pioneer.
• Alfredo Cunha (born 1953) a Portuguese photographer and photojournalist
• Paulo Gomes (born 1973) a Portuguese marathon runner.

External links

• Municipality official website

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 37. 20 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. Portuguese. pdf.