| Paulo Lopes | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Official Name: | The Municipality of Paulo Lopes |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Name1: | South |
| Subdivision Name2: | Santa Catarina |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Evandro João dos Santos (PMDB) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | December 21, 1961 |
| Area Total Km2: | 450.372 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
| Population Total: | 7,569 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | -27.9619°N -48.6839°W |
| Elevation M: | 2 |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2000) |
| Blank Info: | 0.759 – medium[2] |
Paulo Lopes is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.[3] [4]
The municipality contains part of the Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a protected area created in 1975.The lushly-forested park protects the sources of the Vargem do Braço, Cubatão and D'Una rivers, which supply most of the drinking water for greater Florianópolis and the south coast region.