Ribeira de Frades

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Ribeira de Frades

Coordinates40.20°, -8.49°

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

Overview

Ribeira de Frades is a former civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,902, in an area of 6.10 km2. On 28 January 2013 it merged with São Martinho do Bispo to form São Martinho do Bispo e Ribeira de Frades. It was one of the only freguesias with enclaves and exclaves. After the merging its enclave was maintained.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

H

Henrique de Barros

Portuguese politician (1904–2000)

V

Vasco Berardo

Portuguese sculptor (1933-2017)

J

Joaquim de Mariz

botanist (1847-1916)

T

Tiago Emanuel da Costa Sousa

Angolan athlete

J

Jorge de Alarcão

archaeologist

S

Sérgio Azevedo

Portuguese composer

Luís Queiró

Portuguese politician

M

Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez

Portuguese writer

Regina Pessoa

Portuguese animator and director (born 1969)

M

Mário Crespo

Portuguese journalist

M

Mário Galvão

footballer

Mário Simões Dias

Portuguese musician

N

Nuno Miguel Fonseca Ferreira

engineer

N

Nuno Santos

Portuguese association football player

R

Ricardo Neves

Portuguese footballer

Tiago Bettencourt

Portuguese singer-songwriter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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

Tarentola mauritanica mauritanica

Tarentola mauritanica mauritanica

Seen 2026-09-18

Barbary Grasshopper

Calliptamus barbarus

Seen 2026-09-18

Autumn Snowflake

Acis autumnalis

Seen 2026-09-18

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Seen 2026-09-18

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-18

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-09-18

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-09-18

Eurasian Nuthatch

Sitta europaea

Seen 2026-09-18

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Seen 2026-09-18

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