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Seia (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐjɐ] (listen)) is a municipality in Guarda District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 24,702,[1] in an area of 453.69 square kilometres (175.17 sq mi).[2] Its urban population is about 7,000. Seia was elevated to city status on July 3, 1986.

Seia
Municipality
Urban area of Seia
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 40°25′N 7°42′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Beiras e Serra da Estrela
District	Guarda
Parishes	21
Government
• President	Carlos Filipe Camelo (PS)
Area
• Total	435.69 km2 (168.22 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	24,702
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	July 3
Website	http://www.cm-seia.pt

The municipality is 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. 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

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 21 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

Notable people

• Sebastião Fernandes da Costa (1842 in Santa Marinha – 1889) a lawyer and politician.
• Afonso Augusto da Costa (1871-1937) a lawyer, professor and republican politician.
• Theodorico de Sacadura Botte (1902 in Quinta da Bica - 1987) a colonial administrator and entrepreneur.
• António de Almeida Santos (1926–2016) a lawyer, politician and government minister
• Joaquim Pina Moura (1952 in Loriga – 2020) a Portuguese politician and economist.

Sport

• Fernando Mendes (born 1937) a footballer and manager with 177 club caps and 21 for Portugal.
• André Lopes (born 1982) a Portuguese volleyball player
• José Bosingwa (born 1982) a former footballer with 334 club caps and 27 with Portugal.
• Cícero Semedo (born 1986) a footballer with over 260 club caps and 14 for Guinea-Bissau
• Alexandre Ferreira (born 1991) a Portuguese volleyball player

References

External links

• Municipality official website

На других языках

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[de] Seia

Seia ist eine Gemeinde und Stadt in Portugal am Nordwestrand der Serra da Estrela in der Region Centro. Seia ist bekannt für den Käse Queijo Serra da Estrela, und sein Brot. Innerhalb der Stadt leben 5.702 Einwohner[4], im Gemeindebereich sind es 6.923 Einwohner.

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- [en] Seia

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[es] Seia

Seia es una ciudad portuguesa perteneciente al distrito de Guarda, región estadística del Centro (NUTS II) y comunidad intermunicipal de Beiras y Sierra de la Estrella (NUTS III), con cerca de 6900 habitantes (en la ciudad) y cerca de 17 000 (en el perímetro urbano).

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[ru] Сея

Се́я (порт. Seia; ['sɐiɐ]) — город в Португалии, центр одноимённого муниципалитета в составе округа Гуарда. Находится в составе крупной городской агломерации Большое Визеу. По старому административному делению входил в провинцию Бейра-Алта. Входит в экономико-статистический субрегион Серра-да-Эштрела, который входит в Центральный регион. Численность населения — 5,7 тыс. жителей (город), 28,1 тыс. жителей (муниципалитет) на 2001 год. Занимает площадь 435,92 км².

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