Penacova

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

Penacova (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɨnɐˈkɔvɐ] ^ⓘ or [ˌpen-]) is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251,^[1] in an area of 216.73 km².^[2]

Parishes

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

• Carvalho
• Figueira de Lorvão
• Friúmes e Paradela
• Lorvão
• Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego
• Penacova
• São Pedro de Alva e São Paio do Mondego
• Sazes do Lorvão

Demographics

Notable people

• António José de Almeida (1866 in Penacova, São Pedro de Alva – 1929) a politician, the sixth President of Portugal, 1919 until 1923.

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 90" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Photos from Penacova