Gouveia, Portugal

Gouveia
Flag of Gouveia
Coat of arms of Gouveia
Coordinates: 40°30′N 7°36′W / 40.500°N 7.600°W / 40.500; -7.600
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Beiras e Serra da Estrela
DistrictGuarda
Parishes16
Government
 • PresidentLuis Tadeu (PSD)
Area
 • Total300.61 km2 (116.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total14,046
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holidayMonday after the 2nd Sunday of August
Websitehttp://www.cm-gouveia.pt

Gouveia (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡoˈvɐjɐ] ) is a city and a municipality in the district of Guarda in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 14,046,[1] in an area of 300.61 square kilometres (116.07 sq mi).[2] The town itself has a very small population, around 3.500.[3][4]

The present mayor is Luis Marques Tadeu, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is the Monday after the 2nd Sunday of August.

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ "PORDATA - Ambiente de Consulta". www.pordata.pt. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  4. ^ UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)