Castro Daire

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

Castro Daire (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʃtɾu ˈðajɾɨ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,339,^[1] in an area of 379.04 km².^[2]

The present mayor is Paulo Almeida , elected by a coalition CDS-PP, PSD. The municipal holiday is June 29 (St Peter's Day).

Climate

Demographics

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):^[4]

• Almofala
• Cabril
• Castro Daire
• Cujó
• Gosende
• Mamouros, Alva e Ribolhos
• Mezio e Moura Morta
• Mões
• Moledo
• Monteiras
• Parada de Ester e Ester
• Pepim
• Picão e Ermida
• Pinheiro
• Reriz e Gafanhão
• São Joaninho

Notable people

• Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693) a rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer.

Sport

• Vítor Manuel da Silva Marques (born 1969), known as Vitinha a futsal player and captain of the Portugal national futsal team
• Luís Carlos (born 1972) a former footballer with 140 club caps
• Ricardo Ferreira (born 1982) a footballer with 124 caps with Académico de Viseu
• Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro (born 1988), known as Licá, a footballer with over 330 club caps

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
2. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
3. "Monthly Precipitation Castro Daire/lamelas". APA. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
4. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 36" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2014.

External links

• Town Hall official website
• Photos from Castro Daire