Tábua

Tábua

Tábua

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

Tábua (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtaβu.ɐ] ⓘ) is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The municipality contains the town of Tábua. The population in 2011 was 12,071,[1] in an area of 199.79 km².[2]

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Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

  • Ázere e Covelo
  • Candosa
  • Carapinha
  • Covas e Vila Nova de Oliveirinha
  • Espariz e Sinde
  • Midões
  • Mouronho
  • Pinheiro de Coja e Meda de Mouros
  • Póvoa de Midões
  • São João da Boa Vista
  • Tábua

Notable people

  • Sara Beirão (1880 in Tábua - 1974) a writer, journalist, women's rights activist and philanthropist.
  • António Castanheira Neves (born 1929 in Tábua) a Portuguese legal philosopher and academic
  • André Fontes (born 1985 in Tábua) a footballer with over 330 club caps

References

  1. [1]
    Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. [2]
    Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país
  3. [3]
    Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 117" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2014.


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