Castro Daire
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Coat of arms of Castro Daire Coat of arms | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal |
| Region | Centro |
| Intermunic. comm. | Viseu Dão Lafões |
| District | Viseu |
| Parishes | 16 |
| Government | |
| • President | Manuel Pertencho (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 379.04 km2 (146.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 15,339 |
| • Density | 40.468/km2 (104.81/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | Saint Peter June 29 |
| Website | www |
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Castro Daire (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʃtɾu ˈðajɾɨ] Audio file "Pt-pt Castro Daire FF.ogg" not found) is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,339,[1] in an area of 379.04 km2.[2]
The present mayor is Paulo Almeida , elected by a coalition CDS-PP, PSD. The municipal holiday is June 29 (St Peter's Day).
Climate
[edit | edit source]| Climate data for Castro Daire (Lamelas de Lá), altitude: 584 m (1,916 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 237 (9.3) |
213 (8.4) |
162 (6.4) |
124 (4.9) |
124 (4.9) |
59 (2.3) |
19 (0.7) |
23 (0.9) |
72 (2.8) |
160 (6.3) |
203 (8.0) |
232 (9.1) |
1,628 (64) |
| Source: Portuguese Environment Agency[3] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit | edit source]| Population of Castro Daire Municipality (1801–2011) | ||||||||
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| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| 2504 | 9603 | 21274 | 24076 | 25031 | 20411 | 18156 | 16990 | 15339 |
Parishes
[edit | edit source]Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693) a rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer.
Sport
[edit | edit source]- Vítor Manuel da Silva Marques (born 1969), known as Vitinha a futsal player and captain of the Portugal national futsal team
- Luís Carlos (born 1972) a former footballer with 140 club caps
- Ricardo Ferreira (born 1982) a footballer with 124 caps with Académico de Viseu
- Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro (born 1988), known as Licá, a footballer with over 330 club caps
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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External links
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