Penacova ( or ) is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 216.73 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

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Photos from Penacova