Penela Municipality
Penela () is a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality located in Coimbra District, in Portugal. It contains the town of Penela with about 3,300 inhabitants. The town's main tourist attraction is the Penela Castle. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 5,983, in an area of 134.80 km². It is among the oldest recognized municipalities in the whole country (1137). Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (''freguesia (Portugal), freguesias''): * Cumeeira * Espinhal * Podentes * São Miguel, Santa Eufémia e Rabaçal (town) Notable people * António Arnaut (1936–2018), Portuguese poet, fiction writer, essayist, lawyer, politician and government minister. * Léo Teixeira (born 1999), Portuguese footballer. References External links Photos from Penela Penela, Towns in Portugal Municipalities of Coimbra District {{Coimbra-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Penela Municipal Chamber
The Penela Municipal Chamber () is the administrative authority in the municipality of Penela. It has 4 freguesias in its area of jurisdiction and is based in the town of Penela, on the Coimbra District. These freguesias are: Cumeeira; Espinhal; Podentes and São Miguel, Santa Eufémia e Rabaçal. The Penela City Council is made up of 5 councillors, representing, currently, two different political forces. The first candidate on the list with the most votes in a municipal election or, in the event of a vacancy, the next candidate on the list, takes office as President of the Municipal Chamber. List of the President of the Municipal Chamber, Presidents of the Municipal Chamber of Penela *António Arnaut – (1974–1976) *José Coelho Silva – (1976–1979) *Fernando dos Santos Antunes – (1979–2002) *Alfredo Mendes Simões – (2002) *José Carlos Fernandes dos Reis – (2002–2005) *Paulo Jorge Simões Júlio – (2005–2011) *António José dos Santos Alves – (2011� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Centro Region, Portugal
The Central Region (, ) or Central Portugal is one of the NUTS statistical regions of Portugal, statistical regions of Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Portugal, Aveiro, Viseu, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Castelo Branco and Guarda, Portugal, Guarda. It is one of the seven Regions of Portugal (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS II subdivisions). It is also one of the regions of Europe, as given by the European Union for statistical and Geography, geographical purposes. Its area totals . As of 2011, its population totalled 2,327,026 inhabitants, with a population density of 82 inhabitants per square kilometre. History Inhabited by the Lusitanians, an Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people living in the western Iberian Peninsula, the Roman Republic, Romans settled in the region and colonized it as a part of the Roman Province of ''Lusitania, Lusitânia''. The Roman town of Conímbriga, near Co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Região De Coimbra
The Intermunicipal communities of Portugal, Comunidade Intermunicipal da Região de Coimbra (; English language, English: ''Coimbra Region'') is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in October 2013, replacing the previously existing ''Greater Metropolitan Area of Coimbra''. Since January 2015, Região de Coimbra is also a NUTS3 subregion of Centro Region, Portugal, Centro Region, that covers the same area as the intermunicipal community. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Portugal), Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015 The main city and seat of the intermunicipal community is Coimbra. T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Coimbra District
Coimbra District (, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra. Municipalities The district is composed by 17 municipalities: * Arganil * Cantanhede * Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of . The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ... * Condeixa-a-Nova * Figueira da Foz * Góis * Lousã * Mira * Miranda do Corvo * Montemor-o-Velho * Oliveira do Hospital * Pampilhosa da Serra * Penacova * Penela * Soure * Tábua * Vila Nova de Poiares Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022 , - class="unsortable" !rowspan=2, Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 , 1976 !colspan=2 , 1979 !colspan=2 , 1980 !colspan=2 , 1983 !colspan=2 , ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Municipalities Of Portugal
The municipality ( or ) is the second-level Administrative divisions of Portugal, administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the Constitution of Portugal, 1976 Constitution. As a general rule, each municipality is further subdivided into freguesia, parishes (''freguesias''); the municipalities in the north of the country usually have a higher number of parishes. Six municipalities are composed of only one parish, and Barcelos Municipality, Portugal, Barcelos, with 61 parishes, has the most. Corvo (Azores), Corvo is, by law, the only municipality with no parishes. Since the creation of a democratic local administration, in 1976, the Portuguese municipalities have been ruled by a system composed of an executive body (the Câmara Municipal, municipal chamber) and a deliberative body (the Assembleia Municipal, municipal assembly). The municipal chamber is the executive body and is composed of the president of the municipality and a number of councillors proportional to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Penela Castle
Castle of Penela (, ) is located in a Penela town in Penela Municipality in Coimbra District, Portugal. The castle was built on a hill dominating the area and used to be a stronghold protecting Coimbra in times of Reconquista. Castle of Penela and the neighboring castle ''Montemor-o-Velho'' are both fine examples of defensive structures of that period. The origins of the name are controversial and are attributed by some authors to ancient Celtic tribes. According to a local legend, King Afonso I (Afonso Henriques) exclaimed to incite his troops storming the stronghold: ''Coragem! Já estamos com o pé nela!'' (''Courage! We have already set a foot in it!''). A more plausible hypothesis is, however, that ''penela'' is a diminutive of ''penha'', a place selected to build a fortress on. History It is believed that the area was already inhabited before the Roman occupation, and later a Roman watchtower was erected to oversee the nearby road connecting Mérida, Conímbriga and B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Freguesia (Portugal)
(), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau (until 2001). In the past, it was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The civil parishes and communities in England and Wales and in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a in Portugal. The average land area of a Portuguese parish is about and an average population of about 3,386 people. The largest parish by area is Alcácer do Sal (Santa Maria do Castelo e Santiago) e Santa Susana, with a land area of , and the smallest parish by area is São Bartolomeu (Borba), with a land area of . The most populous parish is Algueirão - Mem Martins, with a population of 68,649 people and the least populous is Mosteiro, with a popula ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cumeeira
Cumeeira is a parish in Penela Municipality, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share .... The population in 2011 was 1,072, in an area of 21.29 km². References Freguesias of Penela {{Coimbra-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Espinhal
Espinhal is a civil parish in the municipality of Penela Penela () is a municipality located in Coimbra District, in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Eu ..., Portugal. The population in 2011 was 775, in an area of . References Freguesias of Penela {{Coimbra-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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António Arnaut
António Duarte Arnaut, GOL (28 January 1936 – 21 May 2018) was a Portuguese poet, fiction writer, essayist, lawyer, and politician. He was Minister of Social Affairs in the II Constitutional Government of Portugal, led by Mário Soares. He is considered the "father" of the Portuguese national health service (SNS - ''Serviço Nacional de Saúde''), having created the first basic health law in Portugal and contributed to universal access to medical care for all Portuguese. Life before politics António Arnaut was born in Cumeeira, a small town located in Penela Municipality. He graduated in law from University of Coimbra in 1959. Political career In 1973, together with personalities like Mário Soares or Salgado Zenha, he founded the Socialist Party, in Bad Münstereifel, Germany. He was a member of the party board until 1983. In 1975 he was elected to the Constituent Assembly, which had the task of drafting the new Constitution after the Carnation Revolution. He w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Léo Teixeira
Leonardo José Santos Teixeira (born 18 July 1999), commonly known as Léo Teixeira, is a Portuguese professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ... who plays as a left winger for Felgueiras. Club career Felgueiras Léo Teixeira signed for Felgueiras on 3 July 2024. References External links * 1999 births Living people People from Penela Footballers from Coimbra District Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football forwards AD Fafe players Varzim S.C. players F.C. Felgueiras (2006) players Liga Portugal 2 players Liga 3 (Portugal) players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players {{Portugal-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |