Celorico da Beira () is a municipality in
Guarda District
The District of Guarda ( ) is located in the Centro Region of Portugal, except Vila Nova de Foz Côa, which is in the Norte Region. The district capital and most populous city is Guarda. It borders Castile and León (Spain).
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in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 7,693,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
in an area of 247.22 km
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Main town: Celorico da Beira, near the
Mondego River
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.
Principal monument:
Celorico da Beira Castle. Train station: Celorico da Beira, linha da
Beira Alta.
The present Mayor is Carlos Ascensão, elected by the
Social Democratic Party
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. The municipal holiday is May 23.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 16 civil parishes (''
freguesias''):
* Açores e Velosa
* Baraçal
* Carrapichana
* Casas do Soeiro
* Celorico (São Pedro e Santa Maria) e Vila Boa do Mondego
* Cortiçô da Serra, Vide Entre Vinhas e Salgueirais
* Forno Telheiro
* Lajeosa do Mondego
* Linhares
* Maçal do Chão
* Mesquitela
* Minhocal
* Prados
* Rapa e Cadafaz
* Ratoeira
* Vale de Azares
Notable people
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Abraham Miguel Cardoso (1626–1706), a Jewish-Sabbatean activist
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João Cabral (1599-??) a Jesuit missionary to
Bhutan
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.
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José César Ferreira Gil (1858-1922) an Army general and a military historian.
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Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral (1881–1924) a Portuguese aviation pioneer.
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Alfredo Cunha (born 1953) a Portuguese photographer and photojournalist
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Paulo Gomes (born 1973) a Portuguese marathon runner.
References
External links
Municipality official website
Towns in Portugal
Municipalities of Guarda District
People from Celorico da Beira
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