title: Penamacor
text: # Penamacor
  
  Penamacor (Portuguese pronunciation: (listen) or) is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,682, in an area of 563.71 square kilometres (217.65 sq mi).
  
  The mayor is António Luís Beites Soares. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.
  
  ## Parishes
  
  Administratively, the municipality is divided into 9 civil parishes (freguesias):
  
  * Aldeia do Bispo, Águas e Aldeia de João Pires
  * Aranhas
  * Benquerença
  * Meimão
  * Meimoa
  * Pedrógão de São Pedro e Bemposta
  * Penamacor
  * Salvador
  * Vale da Senhora da Póvoa
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * António Nunes Ribeiro Sanches (1699 in Penamacor – 1783 in Paris) a physician, philosopher and encyclopédiste.
  * Francisco Cunha Leal (1888 in Pedrógão – 1970) politician during the Portuguese First Republic; 84th Prime Minister of Portugal, 1921/1922.
  * Joaquim Furtado (born 1948 in Penamacor) a journalist, reporter, TV anchor and documentary film director.
  * António José Seguro (born 1962 in Penamacor) a Portuguese politician
  