Vila Velha de Ródão

Vila Velha de Rodão
Vila Velha de Rodão
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 39°39′15″N 7°40′20″W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Beira Baixa
District	Castelo Branco
Parishes	4
Government
• President	Luís Miguel Ferro Pereira (PS)
Area
• Total	329.91 km2 (127.38 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,521
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	Monday after the 4th Sunday of August
Website	http://www.cm-vvrodao.pt/

Vila Velha de Ródão (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ˈvɛʎɐ ðɨ ˈrɔðɐ̃w] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,521,^[1] in an area of 329.91 km².^[2]

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The present mayor is Maria Carmo Sequeira, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is the Monday after the 4th Sunday of August.

In 1762, it was the site of the Battle of Vila Velha.

On 5 November 2007, a road accident on A23 killed 15 people and injured 22.^[3]

Climate data for Vila Velha de Ródão, 1985-2021, altitude: 59 m (194 ft)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average precipitation mm (inches)	91.5 (3.60)	69.2 (2.72)	56.7 (2.23)	63.6 (2.50)	50.7 (2.00)	15.0 (0.59)	4.1 (0.16)	6.6 (0.26)	32.5 (1.28)	103.7 (4.08)	99.9 (3.93)	96.5 (3.80)	690 (27.15)
Source: Portuguese Environment Agency^[4]

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