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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Beiras e Serra da Estrela
- Contains
- Malhada Sorda
- Population
- 7242
- Area
- 517.98
- Elevation
- 727
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Guarda
- Official website
- www.cm-almeida.pt
- Image
- The gates of Almeida III (28021290574).jpg
- Significant event
- Siege of Almeida
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- Commons category
- Almeida
- topic's main category
- Category:Almeida
- postal code
- 6350
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- different from
- Almeida
- contact page URL
- www.cm-almeida.pt/contactos
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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.