Vila Nova de Paiva
Municipality in Centro, Portugal
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Vila Nova de Paiva (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ˈnɔvɐ ðɨ ˈpajvɐ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,176,[1] in an area of 175.53 km2.[2]
The present mayor is Manuel Marques Custódio, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is March 2.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
- Pendilhe
- Queiriga
- Touro
- Vila Cova à Coelheira
- Vila Nova de Paiva, Alhais e Fráguas
Notable people
- Cláudio Ramos (born 1991 in Vila Nova de Paiva) a football goalkeeper for FC Porto; spent most of his career with Tondela with 267 club caps
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 135" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
External links
- Municipality official website
- Photos from Vila Nova de Paiva
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