Penafiel

Penafiel is a municipality (in Portuguese: concelho or município ) of the Portugal, located in the District of Oporto and the Northern area.

Geography

Penafiel is bordering:

in north, of Lousada,
in the North-East, of Amaranth,
in the east, of Marco de Canaveses,
in the south, of Castelo de Paiva,
in the west, of Gondomar and Paredes.

History

The municipality, founded in 1519, was known, until the reign of the king Joseph I {{er}}, under the name of “ Arrifana de Sousa ”. By charter of the March 24th 1770, the denomination was changed into Penafiel , while the statute of Cité was recognized to him. The same year, on June 1st 1770, by bubble of the pope Clement XIV, the city was set up in seat of a diocese of Penafiel, by dismemberment partial of the diocese of Oporto. The diocese will have known only one bishop of full exercise, until its renunciation in 1777. The November 11th 1778, all the parishes of the diocese were reincorporated in the diocese of Oporto.

The title of bishop of Penafiel, like those of bishops of other removed Portuguese dioceses, continues however to be periodically granted to certain auxiliary bishops or coadjutors.

Demography

Subdivisions

The municipality of Penafiel groups 38 parishes (Freguesia, in Portuguese):

Abragão
Boelhe
Bustelo
Cabeça Santa
Canela woods
Capela
Castelões
Croca
Duas Igrejas
Eja
Figueira
Cast iron Arcada
Galegos
Guilhufe
Irivo
Lagares
Luzim
Marecos
Milhundos
Novelas
Oldrões
Paço de Sousa
Paredes
Penafiel
Perozelo
Pinheiro
Portela
Rãs
Rio de Moinhos
Rio Mau
Santa Marta
Santiago de Subarrifana
São Mamede de Recezinhos
São Martinho de Recezinhos
Sebolido
Urrô
Valpedre
Villa Cova

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