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Шаблон:Infobox Portuguese subdivision Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo (Шаблон:IPA-pt) is a municipality in the District of Guarda in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,150,[1] in an area of 508.57 km2.[2] Located in the Riba Coa (near the River Coa), just like other municipalities around Riba Coa, such as Almeida, Meda, Pinhel and Sabugal. Known for its castle which is a listed National monument, as well as pine-wood forests and rolling hills.

The municipality borders the frontier with Spain, formed by the Águeda River, a tributary of the Douro, which it joins at Barca D'Alva, approximately 18 km north of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo town.

The present Mayor is Carlos Condesso, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is July 7.

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo figures in José Saramago's 2008 novel The Elephant's Journey.[3]

Climate

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo has a Mediterranean climate with cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. Temperatures can easily surpass Шаблон:Convert in the summer and go below Шаблон:Convert in the winter. It is one of the coldest towns in Portugal in the winter. It registered a record low temperature of Шаблон:Convert on January 12, 1967, making it the fifth coldest temperature ever recorded in the country and the third coldest since 1960.[4] Шаблон:Weather box

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 10 civil parishes (freguesias):[5]

Notable people

  • João Pedro (born 1986) a retired professional footballer with over 470 club caps

See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:Municipalities of Guarda

Шаблон:Authority control


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  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. Шаблон:Cite web
  3. José Saramago, The Elephant's Journey, (translated by Margaret Jull Costa), Harvil Secker, London, 2010.
  4. Шаблон:Cite web
  5. Шаблон:Cite web