Felgueiras (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɛlˈɡɐjɾɐʃ] (listen)) is a municipality in Porto District, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city status received on 13 July 1990) and Lixa. The population in 2011 was 58,065,[1] in an area of 115.74 km².[2]

Felgueiras
Municipality
Mosteiro do Bom Jesus de Barrosas
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41°22′N 8°12′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Tâmega e Sousa
District	Porto
Parishes	20
Government
• President	Nuno Fonseca (Livre-Partido Socialista [L-PS])
Area
• Total	115.74 km2 (44.69 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	58,065
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 20 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

Demographics

Industry Felgueiras is one of the biggest producers of Europe in the shoewear area.

Notable people

• Nicolau Coelho (ca.1460 in Felgueiras – 1502, off the coast of Mozambique) was an expert Portuguese navigator and explorer during the age of discovery.

Sport

• Álvaro Pacheco (born 25 June 1971) a Portuguese football manager and former player with over 360 club caps
• Nélson Manuel Ribeiro da Silva (born 1979), known as Nelsinho, is a Portuguese footballer with over 570 club caps
• Frederico Filipe Teixeira Ribeiro (born 1982), known as Zamorano, a Portuguese retired footballer with 376 club caps
• Daniel Ricardo da Silva Soares (born 1982), known as Dani, a Portuguese footballer with over 425 club caps
• Carlos Pedro Carvalho Sousa (born 1985), known as Pintassilgo, a Portuguese former footballer with 347 club caps
• Tiago Moreira (born 1988) a Portuguese footballer with over 425 club caps

References

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[es] Felgueiras

[ru] Фелгейраш