Castanheira de Pera

Castanheira de Pera
Municipality
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Coordinates: 40°00′N 8°13′W / 40.000°N 8.217°WCoordinates: 40°00′N 8°13′W / 40.000°N 8.217°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Subregion	Pinhal Interior Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Leiria
District	Leiria
Parishes	1
Government
• President	Fernando José Pires Lopes (PS)
Area
• Total	66.77 km^2 (25.78 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,191
• Density	48/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)
Website	http://www.cm-castanheiradepera.pt

Castanheira de Pera (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐʃtɐˈɲɐjɾɐ ðɨ ˈpeɾɐ]), often erroneously written Castanheira de Pêra, is a municipality in the district of Leiria in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,191,^[1] in an area of 66.77 km².^[2]

The present Mayor is Fernando José Pires Lopes, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is on July 4.

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  Roca's Beach

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  Corga

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  Véras

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  St. António da Neve

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality consists of 1 civil parish (freguesia):^[3]

• Castanheira de Pera e Coentral

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. Direção-Geral do Território
3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 34" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2014.

External links

• Municipality official website