Sernancelhe
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Sernancelhe (Portuguese pronunciation:
The present mayor is Carlos Silva Santiago, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May 3.
Parishes
The municipality is composed of 13 parishes:[3]
- Arnas
- Carregal
- Chosendo
- Cunha
- Faia
- Ferreirim e Macieira
- Fonte Arcada e Escurquela
- Granjal
- Lamosa
- Penso e Freixinho
- Quintela
- Sernancelhe e Sarzeda
- Vila da Ponte
Notable people
- João Rodrigues Tçuzu (1561/2 – 1633/4) soldier, interpreter and priest; known for his early linguistic works on Japanese; introducing western science and culture to Korea
- Francisco de Soveral (ca.1565 – 1642) a Portuguese prelate; 9th Bishop of São Tomè and the 5th Bishop of Angola and Congo, 1627 to 1642.
- Nobel Prize for Literaturein 1960 for his novels
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Eurostat
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 113" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 July 2014.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Sernancelhe.