Castanheira de Pera

Castanheira de Pera
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 40°00′N 8°13′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Leiria
District	Leiria
Parishes	1
Government
• President	Fernando José Pires Lopes (PS)
Area
• Total	66.77 km^2 (25.78 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,191
• Density	48/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	July 4
Website	http://www.cm-castanheiradepera.pt

Castanheira de Pera (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐʃtɐˈɲɐjɾɐ ðɨ ˈpeɾɐ] ^ⓘ), often erroneously written Castanheira de Pêra, is a municipality in the district of Leiria in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,191,^[1] in an area of 66.77 km².^[2]

The present Mayor is Fernando José Pires Lopes, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is on July 4.

• 
  Roca's Beach
• 
  Corga
• 
  Véras
• 
  St. António da Neve

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality consists of 1 civil parish (freguesia):^[3]

• Castanheira de Pera e Coentral

Climate

Climate data for Castanheira de Pera, 1934-1960 normals, 1981-2021 precipitation
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	13.7 (56.7)	15.3 (59.5)	17.7 (63.9)	20.7 (69.3)	22.4 (72.3)	26.9 (80.4)	30.2 (86.4)	30.7 (87.3)	28.2 (82.8)	23.2 (73.8)	17.9 (64.2)	14.4 (57.9)	21.8 (71.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	8.9 (48.0)	9.9 (49.8)	12.2 (54.0)	14.6 (58.3)	16.2 (61.2)	19.9 (67.8)	22.4 (72.3)	22.7 (72.9)	20.8 (69.4)	17.0 (62.6)	12.6 (54.7)	9.4 (48.9)	15.6 (60.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	4.1 (39.4)	4.5 (40.1)	6.8 (44.2)	8.4 (47.1)	10.0 (50.0)	12.9 (55.2)	14.5 (58.1)	14.7 (58.5)	13.4 (56.1)	10.7 (51.3)	7.4 (45.3)	4.4 (39.9)	9.3 (48.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	207.2 (8.16)	174.8 (6.88)	103.1 (4.06)	155.8 (6.13)	144.5 (5.69)	52.1 (2.05)	11.5 (0.45)	16.3 (0.64)	60.1 (2.37)	175.9 (6.93)	195.9 (7.71)	231.6 (9.12)	1,528.8 (60.19)
Average relative humidity (%)	80	76	72	68	69	60	60	60	65	72	78	80	70
Source: Portuguese Environment Agency[4][5]

Notable people

• Kalidás Barreto (1932–2020) a Portuguese accountant and trade unionist; active in Castanheira de Pera where he died
• João Carvalho (born 1997) a Portuguese footballer with nearly 200 club caps, he plays for Nottingham Forest F.C.

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
2. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 34" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2014.
4. "Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios" (PDF). Castanheira de Pera Municipality. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
5. "SNIRH > Dados de Base". snirh.apambiente.pt. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

External links

• Municipality official website