Sernancelhe Explained

Type:	municipality
Flag Border:	no
Coordinates:	40.8833°N -36°W
Region:	Norte
Cim:	Douro
District:	Viseu
Leader Party:	PSD
Leader Name:	Carlos Silva
Area Total Km2:	228.61
Population Total:	5671
Population As Of:	2011
Parishes:	13
Website:	http://www.cm-sernancelhe.pt

Sernancelhe (pronounced as /pt/) is a municipality in the district Viseu, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5671,^[1] in an area of 228.61 km².^[2]

The present mayor is Carlos Silva Santiago, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May 3.

Parishes

The municipality is composed of 13 parishes:^[3]

• Arnas
• Carregal
• Chosendo
• Cunha
• Faia
• Ferreirim e Macieira
• Fonte Arcada e Escurquela
• Granjal
• Lamosa
• Penso e Freixinho
• Quintela
• Sernancelhe e Sarzeda
• Vila da Ponte

Notable people

• João Rodrigues Tçuzu (1561/2 – 1633/4) soldier, interpreter and priest; known for his early linguistic works on Japanese; introducing western science and culture to Korea
• Francisco de Soveral (ca.1565 – 1642) a Portuguese prelate; 9th Bishop of São Tomè and the 5th Bishop of Angola and Congo, 1627 to 1642.
• Aquilino Ribeiro (1885–1963) a writer and diplomat; nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 for his novels

External links

• Municipality official website
• Photos from Sernancelhe

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. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/documents/PT-LAU.xls Eurostat
3. Web site: Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 113. 9 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. Portuguese. pdf.