title: Penalva do Castelo
text: # Penalva do Castelo
  
  Penalva do Castelo (Portuguese pronunciation: (listen)) is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,956, in an area of 134.34 $km^2.$
  
  The present mayor is Francisco Lopes de Carvalho, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is August 25.
  
  ## Parishes
  
  Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):
  
  * Antas e Matela
  * Castelo de Penalva
  * Esmolfe
  * Germil
  * Ínsua
  * Lusinde
  * Pindo
  * Real
  * Sezures
  * Trancozelos
  * Vila Cova do Covelo e Mareco
  