Penacova

Penacova
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 40°16′14″N 8°17′00″W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Coimbra
District	Coimbra
Government
• President	Humberto José Baptista Oliveira
Area
• Total	216.73 km2 (83.68 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,251
• Density	70/km2 (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 km².

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

População do concelho de Penacova (1801–2011)

Year Pop. ±% 1801 8,706 —     1849 8,593 −1.3% 1900 18,253 +112.4% 1930 16,964 −7.1% 1960 18,704 +10.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1981 17,351 −7.2% 1991 16,748 −3.5% 2001 16,725 −0.1% 2004 16,850 +0.7% 2011 15,251 −9.5%

Notable people

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

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Photos from Penacova