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Fornos de Algodres

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

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Coordinates: 40°37′N 7°32′W / 40.617°N 7.533°W / 40.617; -7.533Country

PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Beiras e Serra da EstrelaDistrictGuardaParishes12Government

• PresidentManuel Fonseca (PS)Area

• Total131.45 km² (50.75 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total4,989 • Density38/km² (98/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidaySaint Michael
September 29Websitehttp://www.cm-fornosdealgodres.pt

Fornos de Algodres (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɔɾnuʒ ðɨ alˈɣoðɾɨʃ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,989,^[1] in an area of 131.45 km².^[2] The municipality is located in Guarda District, Centro Region, Serra da Estrela Subregion. The present Mayor is Manuel Fonseca, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is September 29.

The seat of the municipality, Fornos de Algodres, is a historic town and boasts panoramic views of the upper Mondego river Valley and a nineteenth-century market with nearby winding cobbled streets as well as the Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in mainland Portugal. Cities nearby: Mangualde, Gouveia, Seia, Guarda, Viseu, Trancoso, Pinhel.

Gastronomy: Queijo da Serra (hard cheese); requeijões (soft cheese). Train station: Fornos de Algodres Linha da Beira Alta.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Algodres
Casal Vasco
Cortiçô e Vila Chã
Figueiró da Granja
Fornos de Algodres (Town/Vila)
Infias
Juncais, Vila Ruiva e Vila Soeiro do Chão
Maceira
Matança
Muxagata
Queiriz
Sobral Pichorro e Fuinhas

Notable people

António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquis of Tomar (1803–1889) a Portuguese statesman.
António Borges (1898–1959) equestrian, bronze medallist in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Daniel Candeias (born 1988) a footballer with over 380 club caps
Luisinho (born 1990) a footballer with over 350 club caps

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "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 51" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2014.