Celorico da Beira () is a municipality in Guarda District in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 7,693,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 247.22 km2.
Main town: Celorico da Beira, near the Mondego River.
Principal monument: Celorico da Beira Castle. Train station: Celorico da Beira, linha da Beira Alta. The present Mayor is Carlos Ascensão, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May 23.
Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 16 civil parishes (freguesias):
Açores e Velosa Baraçal Carrapichana Casas do Soeiro Celorico (São Pedro e Santa Maria) e Vila Boa do Mondego Cortiçô da Serra, Vide Entre Vinhas e Salgueirais Forno Telheiro Lajeosa do Mondego Linhares Maçal do Chão Mesquitela Minhocal Prados Rapa e Cadafaz Ratoeira Vale de Azares
Notable people Abraham Miguel Cardoso (1626–1706), a Jewish-Sabbatean activist João Cabral (1599-??) a Jesuit missionary to Bhutan. José César Ferreira Gil (1858-1922) an Army general and a military historian. Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral (1881–1924) a Portuguese aviation pioneer. Alfredo Cunha (born 1953) a Portuguese photographer and photojournalist Paulo Gomes (born 1973) a Portuguese marathon runner.
References
External links Municipality official website