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Penacova
Municipality
FlagCoat of arms
Coordinates: 40°16′14″N 8°17′00″W / 40.27056°N 8.28333°W / 40.27056; -8.28333
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Coimbra
District	Coimbra
Government
• President	Humberto José Baptista Oliveira
Area
• Total	216.73 km (83.68 sq mi)
Population
• Total	15,251
• Density	70/km (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	www.cm-penacova.pt/

Penacova (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɨnɐˈkɔvɐ] or [ˌpen-]) 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 km.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (freguesias):

• Carvalho
• Figueira de Lorvão
• Friúmes e Paradela
• Lorvão
• Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego
• Penacova
• São Pedro de Alva e São Paio do Mondego
• Sazes do Lorvão

Demographics

Notable people

• António José de Almeida (1866 in Penacova, São Pedro de Alva – 1929) a politician, the sixth President of Portugal, 1919 until 1923.

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 90" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Photos from Penacova

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