Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Centro
- Intermunic comm
- Beiras e Serra da Estrela
- District
- Guarda
- President
- António José Monteiro Machado ( PPD/PSD )
- Total
- 517.98 km (199.99 sq mi)
- Density
- 13.98/km (36.21/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
- Postal code
- 6350 / 6355 Almeida
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Snows
- Local holiday
- July 2 (Battle of Côa)
- Website
- www .cm-almeida .pt
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Encyclopedic overview
Almeida ( European Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈmɐjðɐ] ) is a fortified village and a municipality in the sub-region of Beira Interior Norte and the District of Guarda, Portugal. The town proper has a population of 1,300 people (2011). The municipality population in 2011 was 7,242, in an area of 517.98 square kilometres (199.99 square miles). It is located in Riba-Côa river valley. The present Mayor is António Baptista Ribeiro, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is July 2.
Location
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Almeida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.