Oliveira de Frades () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the district
Viseu
Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the Viseu District, district of the same name, with a population of 100,105 inhabitants in the entire municipality, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões Interm ...
in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,261, in an area of 145.35 km
2.
The municipality was created in 1836 by splitting the former municipality Lafões into the current municipalities of Oliveira de Frades, Sao Pedro do Sul and Vouzela.
It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without territorial continuity (the other being
Montijo and
Vila Real de Santo António): its territory comprehends two parts, with the town of Oliveira de Frades located in the bigger part, and Arca e Varzielas in the smaller part.
The present mayor is Paulo Ferreira, elected by the
Nós, Cidadãos! party. The municipal holiday is October 7.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (''
freguesias''):
* Arca e Varzielas
* Arcozelo das Maias
* Destriz e Reigoso
* Oliveira de Frades, Souto de Lafões e Sejães
* Pinheiro
* Ribeiradio
* São João da Serra
* São Vicente de Lafões
Notable people
*
Vítor Vinha (born 1986) a former footballer with 185 club caps
References
External links
Municipality official websitePhotos from Oliveira de Frades
Towns in Portugal
Populated places in Viseu District
Municipalities of Viseu District
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