Vouzela () is a

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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 10,564, in an area of 193.69 km².Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
/ref> The present mayor is Rui Ladeira, elected by the

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. The municipal holiday is May 14.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 9 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Alcofra * Cambra e Carvalhal de Vermilhas * Campia * Fataunços e Figueiredo das Donas * Fornelo do Monte * Queirã * São Miguel do Mato * Ventosa * Vouzela e Paços de Vilharigues

Notable people

* Giles of Santarém (c.1185–1265) a Portuguese-Dominican scholar. *

João Ramalho João Ramalho () (1493–1582) was a Portuguese explorer and adventurer known as the first bandeirante. He lived much of his life among Tupiniquim natives in Brazil after he arrived there around 1510. He even became the leader of an Indian vi ...

(1493–1582) a Portuguese explorer and adventurer. *

Simão Rodrigues Simão Rodrigues de Azevedo, SJ (1510 – 15 June 1579), also known in English language, English as Simon Rodericks, was a Portuguese Catholic Catholic priesthood, priest and one of the co-founders of the Society of Jesus. A Portuguese nobleman, ...

(1510–1579) a Portuguese-Jesuit priest and one of the co-founders of the

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. * Paulo Alexandre (1931–2024) a Portuguese singer. Paulo Alexandre, IMDb Database
retrieved 24 August 2021. * Luís Miguel Silva Tavares (born 1974) known as Luís Vouzela, a retired footballer with 510 club caps

References

External links

Town Hall official websitePhotos from Vouzela
Towns in Portugal Populated places in Viseu District Municipalities of Viseu District People from Vouzela {{Viseu-geo-stub