Penacova

Penacova ( <small>or</small> ) is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251, in an area of 216.73&nbsp;km².

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (freguesias):

• Carvalho
• Figueira de Lorvão
• Friúmes e Paradela
• Lorvão
• Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego
• Penacova
• São Pedro de Alva e São Paio do Mondego
• Sazes do Lorvão

Demographics

Notable people

• António José de Almeida (1866 in Penacova, São Pedro de Alva – 1929) a politician, the sixth President of Portugal, 1919 until 1923.

References

External links

• Photos from Penacova