Vale de Cambra


Vale de Cambra is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 22,864, in an area of 147.33 km². It had 21,440 electors in 2006. The city itself has about 4,100 inhabitants and is located in the Vila Chã, Codal e Vila Cova de Perrinho parish.
The municipality is located in the District of Aveiro, in Norte region and Entre Douro & Vouga subregion. It is now one of the municipalities of the Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto.
The present Mayor is José Alberto Freitas Soares Pinheiro e Silva, elected by the CDS – People's Party. The municipal holiday is June 13.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes :

Environment

The mountains of Freita and Arada: Serra da Freita & Serra da Arada
These mountains are a part to the European Nature 2000
Arouca Geopark

Notable people