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Celorico da Beira

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

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Coordinates: 40°37′N 7°23′W / 40.617°N 7.383°W / 40.617; -7.383Country

PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Beiras e Serra da EstrelaDistrictGuardaParishes16Government

• PresidentCarlos Ascensão (PSD)Area

• Total247.22 km² (95.45 sq mi)Population

• Total7,693 • Density31/km² (81/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidayMay 23Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20060414002150/http://www.cm-celoricodabeira.pt/

Celorico da Beira (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨluˈɾiku ðɐ ˈβɐjɾɐ] ^ⓘ) 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

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.

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 37" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2014.