FORNOS DE ALGODRES
40° 37′ 00″ N; 7° 32′ 00″ W
It is the seat of the municipality of Fornos de Algodres with an area of 131.45 km² and 4,989 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 12 parishes. The municipality is limited to the northeast by the municipality of Trancoso, to the east by Celorico da Beira, to the south by Gouveia, to the west by Mangualde and Penalva do Castelo and to the northwest by Aguiar da Beira.
The municipality of Fornos de Algodres is divided into 12 parishes:
Algodres
Casal Vasco
Cortiçô e Vila Chã
Figueiró da Granja
Fornos de Algodres
Infias
Juncais, Vila Ruiva e Vila Soeiro do Chão
Maceira
Matança
Muxagata
Queiriz
Sobral Pichorro e Fuinhas
Attached villages
Aveleiras (Queiriz)
Casal do Monte (Queiriz)
Casas (Fuinhas)
Corujeira (Fuinhas)
Furtado (Algodres)
Lameira (Fuinhas)
Quinta da Barreira (Queiriz)
Quinta da Mata Gata (Sobral Pichorro)
Ramirão (Casal Vasco)
Rancozinho (Algodres)
Santo (Fuinhas)
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ALGODRES
40° 38' 46" N; 7° 30' 59" W
It consists of the places of Algodres, Furtado and Rancozinho.
It was a town and county seat until the beginning of the 19th century. It consisted of the parishes of Algodres, Casal Vasco (and Ramirão), Cortiçô, Fornos de Algodres, Fuinhas, Maceira, Muxagata, Sobral Pichorro and Vila Chã. In 1801, it had 2,759 inhabitants.
It belongs to the Aldeias de Montanha network.
Patrimony
Pelourinho de Algodres
Church of Mercy of Algodres
