Fornos de Algodres () is a municipality and a town in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,989,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 131.45 km2. The municipality is located in Guarda District, Centro Region, Serra da Estrela Subregion. The present Mayor is Manuel Fonseca, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is September 29.
The seat of the municipality, Fornos de Algodres, is a historic town boasting panoramic views of the upper Mondego River Valley and a nineteenth-century market with nearby winding cobbled streets. It also offers views of the Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in mainland Portugal. Cities nearby: Mangualde, Gouveia, Seia, Guarda, Viseu, Trancoso, Pinhel.
Gastronomy: Queijo da Serra (hard cheese); requeijões (soft cheese). Train station: Fornos de Algodres Linha da Beira Alta.
Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):
Algodres Casal Vasco Cortiçô e Vila Chã Figueiró da Granja Fornos de Algodres (Town/Vila) Infias Juncais, Vila Ruiva e Vila Soeiro do Chão Maceira Matança Muxagata Queiriz Sobral Pichorro e Fuinhas
Notable people António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquis of Tomar (1803–1889) a Portuguese statesman. António Borges (1898–1959) equestrian, bronze medallist in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Daniel Candeias (born 1988) a footballer with over 380 club caps Luisinho (born 1990) a footballer with over 350 club caps
References
External links Municipality official website Photos from Fornos de Algodres