Oliveira de Frades () is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,261,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 145.35 km2.
The municipality was created in 1836 by splitting the former municipality Lafões into the current municipalities of Oliveira de Frades, Sao Pedro do Sul and Vouzela.
It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without territorial continuity (the other being Montijo and Vila Real de Santo António): its territory comprehends two parts, with the town of Oliveira de Frades located in the bigger part, and Arca e Varzielas in the smaller part.
The present mayor is Paulo Ferreira, elected by the Nós, Cidadãos! party. The municipal holiday is October 7.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes (freguesias): Arca e Varzielas Arcozelo das Maias Destriz e Reigoso Oliveira de Frades, Souto de Lafões e Sejães Pinheiro Ribeiradio São João da Serra São Vicente de Lafões
Notable people Vítor Vinha (born 1986) a former footballer with 185 club caps Places of interest Anta Pintada de Antelas, a Neolithic dolmen noted for its 5500-year-old paintings.
References
External links Municipality official website Photos from Oliveira de Frades