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Oliveira de Frades

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

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Coordinates: 40°43′N 8°11′W / 40.717°N 8.183°W / 40.717; -8.183Country

PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Viseu Dão LafõesDistrictViseuParishes8Government

• PresidentPaulo Robalo (PSD)Area

• Total145.35 km² (56.12 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total10,261 • Density71/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidayOctober 7Websitehttp://www.cm-ofrades.com

Oliveira de Frades (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ ðɨ ˈfɾaðɨʃ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,261,^[1] in an area of 145.35 km².^[2]

The municipality was created in 1836 by splitting the former municipality Lafões into the current municipalities of Oliveira de Frades, Sao Pedro do Sul and Vouzela.

It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without territorial continuity (the other being Montijo and Vila Real de Santo António): its territory comprehends two parts, with the town of Oliveira de Frades located in the bigger part, and Arca e Varzielas in the smaller part.

The present mayor is Paulo Ferreira, elected by the Nós, Cidadãos! party. The municipal holiday is October 7.

Parishes

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

Arca e Varzielas
Arcozelo das Maias
Destriz e Reigoso
Oliveira de Frades, Souto de Lafões e Sejães
Pinheiro
Ribeiradio
São João da Serra
São Vicente de Lafões

Notable people

Vítor Vinha (born 1986) a former footballer with 185 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 84" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.