Vouzela

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

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Coordinates: 40°43′N 8°05′W / 40.717°N 8.083°W / 40.717; -8.083Country

PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Viseu Dão LafõesDistrictViseuParishes9Government

• PresidentRui Ladeira (PSD)Area

• Total193.69 km² (74.78 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total10,564 • Density55/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidayMay 14Websitehttp://www.cm-vouzela.pt/

Vouzela (Portuguese pronunciation: [voˈzɛlɐ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,564,^[1] in an area of 193.69 km².^[2]

The present mayor is Rui Ladeira, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May 14.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 9 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Alcofra
Cambra e Carvalhal de Vermilhas
Campia
Fataunços e Figueiredo das Donas
Fornelo do Monte
Queirã
São Miguel do Mato
Ventosa
Vouzela e Paços de Vilharigues

Notable people

Giles of Santarém (ca.1185 – 1265) a Portuguese-Dominican scholar.^[4]
João Ramalho (1493-1582) a Portuguese explorer and adventurer.
Simão Rodrigues (1510-1579) a Portuguese-Jesuit priest and one of the co-founders of the Society of Jesus.
Paulo Alexandre (born 1931) a Portuguese singer.^[5]
Luís Miguel Silva Tavares (born 1974) known as Luís Vouzela, a retired footballer with 510 club caps

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 142-143" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ Ott, Michael (1909). "Bl. Gil of Santarem" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 06.
^ Paulo Alexandre, IMDb Database retrieved 24 August 2021.