Penela
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Penela () is a municipality located in Coimbra District, in Portugal. It contains the town of Penela with about 3,300 inhabitants. The town's main tourist attraction is the Penela Castle. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 5,983, in an area of 134.80 km2. It is among the oldest recognized municipalities in the whole country (1137).
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.seat
- Penela Municipal Chamber
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Penela
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-pnl1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- PNL.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Castelo de Penela - vista geral à noite.JPG
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- View of Penela
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Interactive map of Penela
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Centro
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Região de Coimbra
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Coimbra
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 4
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 134.80
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 5,983
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Official name
- Penela
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Coimbra Region
- Population
- 5983
- Area
- 134.8
- Shares border with
- Figueiró dos Vinhos
- Official website
- www.cm-penela.pt
- Image
- Penela - Portugal (4343657897).jpg
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- postal code
- 3230
- Commons category
- Penela
- twinned administrative body
- Ormesson-sur-Marne
- topic's main category
- Category:Penela
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- native label
- Penela
- P8168
- Haliartos
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +351-239-560-120
- contact page URL
- www.cm-penela.pt/contatos.php
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Parishes
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Penela () is a municipality located in Coimbra District, in Portugal. It contains the town of Penela with about 3,300 inhabitants. The town's main tourist attraction is the Penela Castle. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 5,983, in an area of 134.80 km2. It is among the oldest recognized municipalities in the whole country (1137).
==Parishes== Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias): Cumeeira Espinhal Podentes São Miguel, Santa Eufémia e Rabaçal (town)
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