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Also known as Almeida Municipality

municipality of Portugal

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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Wikidata facts

Country
Portugal
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
public holiday
patronal festival
different from
Almeida
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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.

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