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Sunday, 20 December 2020

OLIVEIRA DE FRADES (VISEU)

 


OLIVEIRA DE FRADES
40°43′N 8°11′W

Oliveira de Frades is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,261, in an area of 145.35 km2.

The municipality was created in 1836 by splitting the former municipality of Lafões into the current municipalities of Oliveira de Frades, Sao Pedro do Sul, and Vouzela.

It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without territorial continuity (the other being Montijo and Vila Real de Santo António): its territory comprehends two parts, with the town of Oliveira de Frades located in the bigger part, and Arca e Varzielas in the smaller part.


Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (freguesias):

Arca e Varzielas
Arcozelo das Maias
Destriz e Reigoso
Oliveira de Frades, Souto de Lafões e Sejães
Pinheiro
Ribeiradio
São João da Serra
São Vicente de Lafões






https://turismo.cm-ofrades.pt/