Penalva do Castelo explained

Type:	municipality
Official Name:	Penalva do Castelo
Flag Border:	no
Coordinates:	40.6667°N -48°W
Region:	Centro
Cim:	Viseu Dão Lafões
District:	Viseu
Parishes:	11S
Leader Name:	Francisco Carvalho
Area Total Km2:	134.34
Population Total:	7,956
Population As Of:	2011
Holiday:	August 25

Penalva do Castelo (pronounced as /pt-PT/) is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,956,^[1] in an area of 134.34 km².^[2]

The present mayor is Francisco Lopes de Carvalho, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is August 25.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

• Antas e Matela
• Castelo de Penalva
• Esmolfe
• Germil

• Ínsua
• Lusinde
• Pindo
• Real
• Sezures
• Trancozelos
• Vila Cova do Covelo e Mareco

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, pages 552 91-92. 29 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. Portuguese. pdf.