Penacova Explained

Type:	municipality
Official Name:	Penacova
Flag Border:	no
Coordinates:	40.2706°N -8.2833°W
Region:	Centro
Cim:	Região de Coimbra
District:	Coimbra
Leader Name:	Humberto José Baptista Oliveira
Area Total Km2:	216.73
Population Total:	15,251
Population As Of:	2011
Website:	www.cm-penacova.pt/

Penacova (pronounced as /pt/ or pronounced as /pt/) is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251,^[1] in an area of 216.73 km².^[2]

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

• Carvalho
• Figueira de Lorvão
• Friúmes e Paradela
• Lorvão
• Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego
• Penacova
• São Pedro de Alva e São Paio do Mondego
• Sazes do Lorvão

Notable people

• António José de Almeida (1866 in Penacova, São Pedro de Alva – 1929) a politician, the sixth President of Portugal, 1919 until 1923.

External links

• • Photos from Penacova

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 . 5 November 2018 . 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_/ . 5 November 2018 . dead .
3. Web site: Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 90. 29 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. Portuguese.