Felgueiras
Felgueiras (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɛlˈɡɐjɾɐʃ] (listen)) is a municipality in Porto District, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city status received on 13 July 1990) and Lixa. The population in 2011 was 58,065,[1] in an area of 115.74 km².[2]
Felgueiras | |
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Mosteiro do Bom Jesus de Barrosas | |
Flag Coat of arms | |
Coordinates: 41°22′N 8°12′W | |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Norte |
Intermunic. comm. | Tâmega e Sousa |
District | Porto |
Parishes | 20 |
Government | |
• President | Nuno Fonseca (Livre-Partido Socialista [L-PS]) |
Area | |
• Total | 115.74 km2 (44.69 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 58,065 |
• Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 20 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
- Aião
- Airães
- Friande
- Idães
- Jugueiros
- Macieira da Lixa e Caramos
- Margaride (Santa Eulália), Várzea, Lagares, Varziela e Moure
- Pedreira, Rande e Sernande
- Penacova
- Pinheiro
- Pombeiro da Ribavizela
- Refontoura
- Regilde
- Revinhade
- Sendim
- Torrados e Sousa
- Unhão e Lordelo
- Vila Cova da Lixa e Borba de Godim
- Vila Fria e Vizela (São Jorge)
- Vila Verde e Santão
Demographics
Population of Felgueiras Municipality (1801–2011) | ||||||||
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1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
11 413 | 15 614 | 22 973 | 25 424 | 38 895 | 48 015 | 51 248 | 57 595 | 58 065 |
Industry Felgueiras is one of the biggest producers of Europe in the shoewear area.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Felgueiras. |
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 48-49" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 July 2014.
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