Felgueiras

Felgueiras () is a municipality in Porto District, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city status received on 13 July 1990) and Lixa. The population in 2011 was 58,065, in an area of 115.74 km².

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 20 civil parishes (freguesias):

• Idães
• Jugueiros
• Macieira da Lixa e Caramos
• Margaride (Santa Eulália), Várzea, Lagares, Varziela e Moure
• Pedreira, Rande e Sernande
• Penacova
• Pinheiro
• Pombeiro da Ribavizela
• Refontoura
• Regilde
• Revinhade
• Torrados e Sousa
• Unhão e Lordelo
• Vila Cova da Lixa e Borba de Godim
• Vila Fria e Vizela (São Jorge)
• Vila Verde e Santão

Demographics

Industry Felgueiras is one of the biggest producers of Europe in the shoewear area.

Notable people

• Nicolau Coelho ( in Felgueiras – 1502, off the coast of Mozambique) was an expert Portuguese navigator and explorer during the Age of Discovery.

Sport

• Álvaro Pacheco (born 25 June 1971) a Portuguese football manager and former player with over 360 club caps
• Nélson Manuel Ribeiro da Silva (born 1979), known as Nelsinho, is a Portuguese footballer with over 570 club caps
• Frederico Filipe Teixeira Ribeiro (born 1982), known as Zamorano, a Portuguese retired footballer with 376 club caps
• Daniel Ricardo da Silva Soares (born 1982), known as Dani, a Portuguese footballer with over 425 club caps
• Carlos Pedro Carvalho Sousa (born 1985), known as Pintassilgo, a Portuguese former footballer with 347 club caps
• Tiago Moreira (born 1988) a Portuguese footballer with over 425 club caps

References