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Vale de Cambra
Vale de Cambra
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 40°51′N 8°24′W / 40.850°N 8.400°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Metropolitan area	Porto
District	Aveiro
Parishes	7
Government
• President	José Pinheiro (CDS–PP)
Area
• Total	147.33 km2 (56.88 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	22,864
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	http://www.cm-valedecambra.pt

Vale de Cambra (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈval(ɨ) ðɨ ˈkɐ̃bɾɐ] ^ⓘ; Proto-Celtic: *Cambra) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 22,864,^[1] in an area of 147.33 km².^[2] It had 21,440 electors in 2006. The city itself has about 4,100 inhabitants and is located in the Vila Chã, Codal e Vila Cova de Perrinho parish.

The municipality is located in the District of Aveiro, in Norte region and Entre Douro & Vouga subregion. It is now one of the municipalities of the Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto.

The present Mayor is José Alberto Freitas Soares Pinheiro e Silva, elected by the CDS – People's Party. The municipal holiday is June 13.

Climate

Climate data for Vale de Cambra, 1991-2020, altitude: 306 m (1,004 ft)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	20.5 (68.9)	23.9 (75.0)	28.5 (83.3)	30.1 (86.2)	32.8 (91.0)	36.1 (97.0)	39.5 (103.1)	38.6 (101.5)	34.1 (93.4)	30.9 (87.6)	24.5 (76.1)	21.4 (70.5)	39.5 (103.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	8.9 (48.0)	9.8 (49.6)	11.8 (53.2)	13.1 (55.6)	15.6 (60.1)	18.4 (65.1)	20.4 (68.7)	20.7 (69.3)	18.9 (66.0)	15.9 (60.6)	12.0 (53.6)	9.7 (49.5)	14.6 (58.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	196.2 (7.72)	122.0 (4.80)	137.3 (5.41)	143.6 (5.65)	113.4 (4.46)	48.7 (1.92)	21.9 (0.86)	35.0 (1.38)	78.4 (3.09)	187.6 (7.39)	204.7 (8.06)	216.5 (8.52)	1,505.3 (59.26)
Source: Portuguese Environment Agency^[3]^[4]^[5]

Demographics

Population of Vale de Cambra Municipality (1801 – 2004)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004	2006
9489	10166	12264	15745	20404	24224	24537	24805	24761	24591

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):^[6]

Arões
Cepelos
Junqueira
Macieira de Cambra
Roge
São Pedro de Castelões
Vila Chã

Environment

The mountains of Freita and Arada: Serra da Freita & Serra da Arada

These mountains are a part to the European Nature 2000

Arouca Geopark

Notable people

Rui Filipe, (1968–1994), Portuguese footballer with 222 club caps and 6 for Portugal
João Paulo Fernandes, (born 1984), Portuguese boccia player and Paralympic champion.

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
^ "Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios" (PDF). Arouca Municipality. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^ "SNIRH > Dados de Base". snirh.apambiente.pt.
^ "SNIRH > Dados de Base". snirh.apambiente.pt.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 124" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2014.

External links

Municipality official website

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[ine-1] Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[dgt-2] Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país

[3] "Plano Municipal de Defesa da Floresta Contra Incêndios" (PDF). Arouca Municipality. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[4] "SNIRH > Dados de Base". snirh.apambiente.pt.

[5] "SNIRH > Dados de Base". snirh.apambiente.pt.

[6] Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 124" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2014.

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