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,Instituto Nacional de Estatística 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 Population of Felgueiras Municipality (1801–2011) 1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011 11 413 15 614 22 973 25 424 38 895 48 015 51 248 57 595 58 065
Industry Felgueiras is one of the biggest producers of Europe in the shoewear area.
Sports F.C. Felgueiras was a football club from 1936 to 2005. Its successor club is Felgueiras 1932.
The municipality co-hosts the Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras auto race since 2020.
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
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