Tábua

Coordinates: 40°21′37″N 8°01′45″W / 40.36028°N 8.02917°W / 40.36028; -8.02917Country PortugalRegionCentroIntermunic. comm.Região de CoimbraDistrictCoimbraParishes11Area • Total199.79 km² (77.14 sq mi)Population • Total12,071 • Density60/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Websitewww.cm-tabua.pt

Tábua (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtaβu.ɐ] ^ⓘ) is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The municipality contains the town of Tábua. The population in 2011 was 12,071,^[1] in an area of 199.79 km².^[2]

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

• Ázere e Covelo
• Candosa
• Carapinha
• Covas e Vila Nova de Oliveirinha
• Espariz e Sinde
• Midões
• Mouronho
• Pinheiro de Coja e Meda de Mouros
• Póvoa de Midões
• São João da Boa Vista
• Tábua

Notable people

• Sara Beirão (1880 in Tábua - 1974) a writer, journalist, women's rights activist and philanthropist.
• António Castanheira Neves (born 1929 in Tábua) a Portuguese legal philosopher and academic
• André Fontes (born 1985 in Tábua) a footballer with over 330 club caps

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