Castro Daire
Castro Daire  | |
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| Coordinates: 40°54′N 7°56′W / 40.900°N 7.933°W | |
| Country | |
| Region | Centro | 
| Intermunic. comm. | Viseu Dão Lafões | 
| District | Viseu | 
| Parishes | 16 | 
| Government | |
| • President | Manuel Pertencho (PS) | 
| Area | |
 • Total  | 379.04 km2 (146.35 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2011)  | |
 • Total  | 15,339 | 
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) | 
| Local holiday | Saint Peter June 29  | 
| Website | www | 
Castro Daire (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʃtɾu ˈðajɾɨ] ⓘ) is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,339,[1] in an area of 379.04 km2.[2]
The present mayor is Paulo Almeida , elected by a coalition CDS-PP, PSD. The municipal holiday is June 29 (St Peter's Day).
Climate
| Climate data for Castro Daire (Lamelas de Lá), altitude: 584 m (1,916 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | 
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 237 (9.3)  |  213 (8.4)  |  162 (6.4)  |  124 (4.9)  |  124 (4.9)  |  59 (2.3)  |  19 (0.7)  |  23 (0.9)  |  72 (2.8)  |  160 (6.3)  |  203 (8.0)  |  232 (9.1)  |  1,628 (64)  | 
| Source: Portuguese Environment Agency[3] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Population of Castro Daire Municipality (1801–2011) | ||||||||
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| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 
| 2504 | 9603 | 21274 | 24076 | 25031 | 20411 | 18156 | 16990 | 15339 | 
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]
Notable people
- Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693) a rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer.
 
Sport
- Vítor Manuel da Silva Marques (born 1969), known as Vitinha a futsal player and captain of the Portugal national futsal team
 - Luís Carlos (born 1972) a former footballer with 140 club caps
 - Ricardo Ferreira (born 1982) a footballer with 124 caps with Académico de Viseu
 - Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro (born 1988), known as Licá, a footballer with over 330 club caps
 
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
 - ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
 - ^ "Monthly Precipitation Castro Daire/lamelas". APA. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
 - ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 36" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2014.
 


