Felgueiras () is a municipality in
Porto District
The Districts of Portugal, District of Porto ( ) is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro (district), Aveiro and Viseu (distric ...
, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city status received on 13 July 1990) and
Lixa. The population in 2011 was 58,065,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
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Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 20 civil parishes (''freguesias
(), 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 overs ...
''):Pedreira, Rande e Sernande
Pedreira, Rande e Sernande is a civil parish in the municipality of Felgueiras
Felgueiras () is a municipality in Porto District, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city sta ...
* Penacova
Penacova ( or ) is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251, in an area of 216.73 km2.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes ('' freguesias''):
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* Pinheiro
* Pombeiro da Ribavizela
* Refontoura
* Regilde
* Revinhade
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* Torrados e Sousa
* Unhão e Lordelo
* Vila Cova da Lixa e Borba de Godim
* Vila Fria e Vizela (São Jorge)
Vila may refer to:
People
*Vila (surname)
Places
Andorra
* Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp
Brazil
* Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso
* Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State ...
* Vila Verde e Santão
Vila may refer to:
People
*Vila (surname)
Places
Andorra
* Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp
Brazil
* Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso
* Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State ...
Demographics
Industry
Felgueiras is one of the biggest producers of Europe in the shoewear area.
Notable people
* Nicolau Coelho
Nicolau Coelho (c. 1460, in Felgueiras – 1502, off the coast of Mozambique) was an expert Portuguese navigator and explorer during the Age of Discovery. He participated in the discovery of the route to India by Vasco da Gama where he command ...
( in Felgueiras – 1502, off the coast of Mozambique) was an expert Portuguese navigator and explorer during the Age of Discovery
The Age of Discovery (), also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and overlapped with the Age of Sail. It was a period from approximately the 15th to the 17th century, during which Seamanship, seafarers fro ...
.
Sport
* Álvaro Pacheco
Álvaro Adriano Teixeira Pacheco (born 25 June 1971) is a Portuguese former footballer and current manager.
After achieving a total of 70 games in the second tier as a player, he worked as an assistant manager to Miguel Leal before managing i ...
(born 25 June 1971) a Portuguese football manager and former player with over 360 club caps
* Nélson Manuel Ribeiro da Silva (born 1979), known as ''Nelsinho,'' is a Portuguese footballer with over 570 club caps
* Frederico Filipe Teixeira Ribeiro (born 1982), known as ''Zamorano,'' a Portuguese retired footballer with 376 club caps
* Daniel Ricardo da Silva Soares (born 1982), known as ''Dani'', a Portuguese footballer with over 425 club caps
* Carlos Pedro Carvalho Sousa (born 1985), known as ''Pintassilgo,'' a Portuguese former footballer with 347 club caps
* Tiago Moreira
Tiago André Lopes Moreira (born 27 April 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for F.C. Lixa.
Club career
Born in Felgueiras, Porto District, Moreira spent most of his youth career in the ranks of FC Porto b ...
(born 1988) a Portuguese footballer with over 425 club caps
References
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Cities in Portugal
Municipalities of Porto District
People from Felgueiras