Nelas
Sign in to saveNelas () is a municipality located in the Centro Region of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,037, in an area of 125.71 km².
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Nelas
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-nls1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- NLS.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- CM-nelas.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- The public water fountain in the Praça do Município across from the Câmara Municipal de Nelas
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Interactive map of Nelas
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Centro
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Viseu Dão Lafões
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Viseu
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 7
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- José Borges da Silva
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_party
- PS
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_min
- 150
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_max
- 483
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 125.71
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 14,037
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Nelas () is a municipality located in the Centro Region of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,037, in an area of 125.71 km².
==History== 170px|left|thumb|The pillory of Vilar Seco, marking the early creation of local authority within the parishes of Nelas Settlement of the territory of Nelas dates back to the settlement by Neolithic and Stone age cultures, between 5000 and 3000 BC. Many of the structures that developed in this period were stone slabs and large rocks, and included megalithic monuments such as the Orca Pramelas, in Canas de Senhorim, and Outeiro Roque, near the village Lapa do Lobo.