Castro Daire
# Castro Daire

Castro Daire (Portuguese pronunciation: (listen)) is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,339, in an area of 379.04 $km^2.$

The present mayor is Paulo Almeida , elected by a coalition CDS-PP, PSD. The municipal holiday is June 29 (St Peter's Day).

## Climate

Climate data for Castro Daire (Lamelas de Lá), altitude: 584 m (1,916 ft) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 237 (9.3) | 213 (8.4) | 162 (6.4) | 124 (4.9) | 124 (4.9) | 59 (2.3) | 19 (0.7) | 23 (0.9) | 72 (2.8) | 160 (6.3) | 203 (8.0) | 232 (9.1) | 1,628 (64) |
| Source: Portuguese Environment Agency ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

Population of Castro Daire Municipality (1801–2011) :

| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2504 | 9603 | 21274 | 24076 | 25031 | 20411 | 18156 | 16990 | 15339 |

## Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):

* Almofala
* Cabril
* Castro Daire
* Cujó
* Gosende
* Mamouros, Alva e Ribolhos
* Mezio e Moura Morta
* Mões
* Moledo
* Monteiras
* Parada de Ester e Ester
* Pepim
* Picão e Ermida
* Pinheiro
* Reriz e Gafanhão
* São Joaninho

## Notable people

* Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693) a rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer.

### Sport

* Vítor Manuel da Silva Marques (born 1969), known as Vitinha a futsal player and captain of the Portugal national futsal team
* Luís Carlos (born 1972) a former footballer with 140 club caps
* Ricardo Ferreira (born 1982) a footballer with 124 caps with Académico de Viseu
* Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro (born 1988), known as Licá, a footballer with over 330 club caps
