Seia Municipality (ˈsɐjɐ) is located in Guarda District in Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

. It has a total area of 435.7 km² and a total population of 27,574 inhabitants. Its urban population is about 7,000. The seat is in the city of Seia

Seia

Seia Municipality is located in Guarda District in Portugal. It has a total area of 435.7 km² and a total population of 27,574 inhabitants. Its urban population is about 7,000...

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The municipality is composed of 29 parishes, situated on the northwestern slope of Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in mainland Portugal, with a top height of 1993 meters.

The present Mayor is Carlos Filipe Camelo, elected by the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (Portugal)

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The municipal holiday is July 3.

Seia has an annual cinema festival called CineEco that focuses on films with ecological and natural themes.

Population

Population of Seia Municipality (1801 – 2004)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2004
9993	14557	31929	31283	34436	31352	30362	28144	27574

Parishes

• Alvoco da Serra
• Cabeça
• Carragozela
• Folhadosa
• Girabolhos
• Lajes
• Lapa dos Dinheiros
• Loriga
  Loriga
  Loriga is a civil parish in south-central part of the municipality of Seia, in central Portugal. Part of the district of Guarda, it is 20 km away from the city of Seia, 40 km away from Viseu, 80 km away from Guarda and 320 km from Lisbon, nestled in the Serra da Estrela...
  
   (Town)
• Paranhos da Beira (Town)
• Pinhanços
• Sabugueiro
• Sameice
• Sandomil
• Santa Comba
• Santa Eulália
• Santa Marinha (Town)
• Santiago (Part of City of Seia)
• São Martinho
• São Romão
  São Romão (Seia)
  São Romão is a parish in the municipality of Seia, with a land area of 17.92 km2, 6,500 inhabitants and a density of 362 inhabitants/Km2It was the county seat from the 13th century until 1836...
  
  
• Sazes da Beira
  Sazes da Beira
  Sazes da Beira is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Seia. It has a total area of 6,39 km² and 341 inhabitants .Sazes’ mines were already explored by the Romans in V b.C. The village was founded by families of shepherds who come from Sandomil and Corgas looking for fertile...
  
  
• Seia (City; county seat)
• Teixeira
  Teixeira (Seia)
  Teixeira is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Seia....
  
  
• Torrozelo
• Tourais
• Travancinha
  Travancinha
  Travancinha is a village in the Portuguese municipality of Seia, with 12.66 km² area and 546 inhabitants . It has a population density of 43.1 inhabitants per km².-References:*'...
  
  
• Valezim
• Várzea de Meruge
• Vide
  Vide (Seia)
  Vide is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Seia....
  
  
• Vila Cova à Coelheira

External links

• Municipality official website

Serra da Estrela
Centro

CentrO

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 , Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...