Vale de Cambra (; ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 22,864,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of . 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 André Agostinho Martins da Silva, elected by the CDS – People's Party. The municipal holiday is June 13.

Climate

Demographics

Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias): Arões Cepelos Junqueira Macieira de Cambra Roge São Pedro de Castelões Vila Chã

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 Rui Filipe (1968–1994), Portuguese footballer with 222 club caps and 6 for Portugal João Paulo Fernandes (born 1984), Portuguese boccia player and Paralympic champion.

See also Hóquei Académico de Cambra, a rink hockey club.

References

External links Municipality official website