Sernancelhe

Sernancelhe (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨɾnɐ̃ˈsɐʎɨ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district Viseu, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5671,^[1] in an area of 228.61 km².^[2]

Sernancelhe
Municipality
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Coordinates: 40°53′N 7°29′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Intermunic. comm.	Douro
District	Viseu
Parishes	13
Government
• President	Carlos Silva (PSD)
Area
• Total	228.61 km2 (88.27 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,671
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	http://www.cm-sernancelhe.pt

The present mayor is Carlos Silva Santiago, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May 3.

Parishes

The municipality is composed of 13 parishes:^[3]

• Arnas
• Carregal
• Chosendo
• Cunha
• Faia
• Ferreirim e Macieira
• Fonte Arcada e Escurquela
• Granjal
• Lamosa
• Penso e Freixinho
• Quintela
• Sernancelhe e Sarzeda
• Vila da Ponte

Notable people

• João Rodrigues Tçuzu (1561/2 – 1633/4) soldier, interpreter and priest; known for his early linguistic works on Japanese; introducing western science and culture to Korea
• Francisco de Soveral (ca.1565 – 1642) a Portuguese prelate; 9th Bishop of São Tomè and the 5th Bishop of Angola and Congo, 1627 to 1642.
• Aquilino Ribeiro (1885–1963) a writer and diplomat; nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 for his novels