Vale de Cambra

Vale de Cambra (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈval(ɨ) ðɨ ˈkɐ̃bɾɐ] ^ⓘ; Proto-Celtic: *Cambra) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 22,864,^[1] in an area of 147.33 km².^[2] 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.

Vale de Cambra
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 40°51′N 8°24′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Metropolitan area	Porto
District	Aveiro
Parishes	7
Government
• President	José Pinheiro (CDS–PP)
Area
• Total	147.33 km2 (56.88 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	22,864
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	http://www.cm-valedecambra.pt

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.

Climate

Climate data for Vale de Cambra, 1991-2020, altitude: 306 m (1,004 ft)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	20.5 (68.9)	23.9 (75.0)	28.5 (83.3)	30.1 (86.2)	32.8 (91.0)	36.1 (97.0)	39.5 (103.1)	38.6 (101.5)	34.1 (93.4)	30.9 (87.6)	24.5 (76.1)	21.4 (70.5)	39.5 (103.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	8.9 (48.0)	9.8 (49.6)	11.8 (53.2)	13.1 (55.6)	15.6 (60.1)	18.4 (65.1)	20.4 (68.7)	20.7 (69.3)	18.9 (66.0)	15.9 (60.6)	12.0 (53.6)	9.7 (49.5)	14.6 (58.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	196.2 (7.72)	122.0 (4.80)	137.3 (5.41)	143.6 (5.65)	113.4 (4.46)	48.7 (1.92)	21.9 (0.86)	35.0 (1.38)	78.4 (3.09)	187.6 (7.39)	204.7 (8.06)	216.5 (8.52)	1,505.3 (59.26)
Source: Portuguese Environment Agency[3][4][5]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1864 10,188 —     1878 11,495 +12.8% 1890 11,358 −1.2% 1900 12,264 +8.0% 1911 13,290 +8.4% 1920 13,920 +4.7% 1930 15,745 +13.1% 1940 17,437 +10.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1950 19,193 +10.1% 1960 20,404 +6.3% 1970 21,430 +5.0% 1981 24,224 +13.0% 1991 24,537 +1.3% 2001 24,798 +1.1% 2011 22,864 −7.8% 2021 21,269 −7.0%
Source: INE[6]

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):^[7]

• 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.