Castro Daire
Castro Daire | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates:40°54′N7°56′W/ 40.900°N 7.933°W | |
| Country |  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/km2(100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00(WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00(WEST) |
| Local holiday | Saint Peter June 29 |
| Website | http:// cm-castrodaire.pt |
Castro Daire(Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈkaʃtɾuˈðajɾɨ]) is amunicipalityinViseu Districtin 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]
| 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 |
| Averageprecipitationmm (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]
| 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]
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
Notable people[edit]
- Isaac Aboab da Fonseca(1605–1693) a rabbi, scholar,kabbalistand writer.
Sport[edit]
- Vítor Manuel da Silva Marques(born 1969), known asVitinhaa futsal player and captain of thePortugal national futsal team
- Luís Carlos(born 1972) a former footballer with 140 club caps
- Ricardo Ferreira(born 1982) a footballer with 124 caps withAcadémico de Viseu
- Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro(born 1988), known asLicá,a footballer with over 330 club caps
References[edit]
- ^Instituto Nacional de EstatísticaArchivedNovember 15, 2016, at theWayback Machine
- ^"Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país".Archived fromthe originalon 2018-11-05.Retrieved2018-11-05.
- ^"Monthly Precipitation Castro Daire/lamelas".APA.Retrieved4 June2021.
- ^Diário da República."Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 36"(pdf)(in Portuguese).Retrieved20 July2014.
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