Fornos de Algodres (ˈfɔɾnuʒ ðɨ ɐɫˈɣoðɾɨʃ) is a municipality and a town in Portugal

Portugal

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 with a total area of 131.5 km² and a total population of 5,435 inhabitants. The municipality is composed of 16 parishes, and is located in Guarda District, Centro Region, Serra da Estrela Subregion. The present Mayor is José Severino Soares Miranda, elected by the Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

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The municipal holiday is September 29.

The seat of the municipality, Fornos de Algodres is a historic town and boasts panoramic views of the upper Mondego river Valley and a nineteenth-century market with nearby winding cobbled streets as well as the Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in mainland Portugal.
Cities nearby: Mangualde, Gouveia

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Seia

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Guarda, Portugal

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Gastronomy: Queijo da Serra (hard cheese); requeijões (soft cheese).

Train Station: Fornos de Algodres {Linha da Beira Alta}.

Parishes(Freguesias)

• Algodres
• Casal Vasco
  Casal Vasco
  Casal Vasco is a small village in Portugal. It belongs to the municipality of Fornos de Algodres, district of Guarda. It's also located in the former region of Beira Alta. It has an area of 6,44 km² and 269 inhabitants . Its density is 41,8 hab/km²...
  
  
• Cortiçô
• Figueiró da Granja
• Fornos de Algodres (Town/Vila)
• Fuinhas
• Infias
• Juncais
• Maceira
• Matança
• Muxagata
• Queiriz
• Sobral Pichorro
• Vila Chã
• Vila Ruiva
• Vila Soeiro do Chão

External links

• Municipality official website
• Photos from Fornos de Algodres

Beira Alta

Beira Alta

Beira Alta Province was a Portuguese province in the north of Portugal.Vast plateaus, river valleys, mountains, and castles abound in Beira Alta.Formerly it was part of the Beira Province.The two main cities were Guarda and Viseu...

Linha da Beira Alta (train service station)