Vila Nova de Poiares

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

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Coordinates: 40°12′39″N 8°15′27″W / 40.21083°N 8.25750°W / 40.21083; -8.25750Country

PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Região de CoimbraDistrictCoimbraParishes4Area

• Total84.45 km² (32.61 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total7,281 • Density86/km² (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20141006090736/http://www.cm-vilanovadepoiares.pt/

Vila Nova de Poiares (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ˈnɔvɐ ðɨ poˈjaɾɨʃ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the Coimbra district, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,281,^[1] in an area of 84.45 km².^[2]

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Arrifana
Lavegadas
Santo André de Poiares
São Miguel de Poiares

International relations

Vila Nova de Poiares is twinned with:

Mielec in Poland^[4]

Douchy-Les-Mines, France

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 136" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ "Mielec- Miasta Partnerskie" [Mielec - Partnership Cities]. Oficjalny serwis Urzędu Miejskiego w Mielcu [Mielec City Council] (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-25.