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Podentes

Total population

3,300

Coordinates40.06°, -8.39°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Penela is a municipality located in Coimbra District, in Portugal. It contains the town of Penela with about 3,300 inhabitants. The town's main tourist attraction is the Penela Castle. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 5,983, in an area of 134.80 km2. It is among the oldest recognized municipalities in the whole country (1137).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Willow Warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Seen 2026-09-23

bristly oxtongue

Helminthotheca echioides

Seen 2026-09-23

Pampas Grass

Cortaderia selloana

Seen 2026-09-23

Twenty-plume Moth

Alucita hexadactyla

Seen 2026-09-21

European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

Seen 2026-09-21

Antirrhinum linkianum

Antirrhinum linkianum

Seen 2026-09-21

Olive

Olea europaea

Seen 2026-09-21

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-09-21

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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