Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo (Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo)
The municipality borders the frontier with Spain, formed by the Águeda River, a tributary of the Douro, which it joins at Barca D'Alva, approximately 18 km north of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo town.
The present Mayor is Carlos Condesso, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is July 7.
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo figures in José Saramago's 2008 novel The Elephant's Journey.
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo has a Mediterranean climate with cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. Temperatures can easily surpass 35 C in the summer and go below 0 C in the winter. It is one of the coldest towns in Portugal in the winter. It registered a record low temperature of -12.6 C on January 12, 1967, making it the fifth coldest temperature ever recorded in the country and the third coldest since 1960.
Map - Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo (Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo)
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Country - Portugal
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One of the oldest countries in Europe, its territory has been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. The territory was first inhabited by pre-Roman and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and Carthaginians. It was later ruled by the Romans, followed by the invasions of Germanic peoples and the Islamic invasion by the Moors, whose rule was eventually expelled during the Reconquista. Founded first as a county of the Kingdom of León in 868, gained its independence as the Kingdom of Portugal with the Treaty of Zamora in 1143.
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EUR | Euro | € | 2 |
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PT | Portuguese language |