Nelas

Also known as Nelas Municipality

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.

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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Official website

Câmara Municipal de Nelas – Município de Nelas

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Wikidata facts

Population: 14037
Area: 125.71
Official website: www.cm-nelas.pt
Image: CM-nelas.jpg
Dialing code: 232

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Commons category: Nelas
postal code: 3520
P8168: Yaroslav II of Vladimir
P11012: Oxyethira tamperensis
contact page URL: www.cm-nelas.pt/contato
phone number: +351-232-941-300
email address: mailto:[email protected]

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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.