title: Castro Daire
text: # Castro Daire
  
  Castro Daire (Portuguese pronunciation: (listen)) is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,339, in an area of 379.04 $km^2.$
  
  The present mayor is Paulo Almeida , elected by a coalition CDS-PP, PSD. The municipal holiday is June 29 (St Peter's Day).
  
  ## Climate
  
  Climate data for Castro Daire (Lamelas de Lá), altitude: 584 m (1,916 ft) :
  
  | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Average precipitation mm (inches) | 237 (9.3) | 213 (8.4) | 162 (6.4) | 124 (4.9) | 124 (4.9) | 59 (2.3) | 19 (0.7) | 23 (0.9) | 72 (2.8) | 160 (6.3) | 203 (8.0) | 232 (9.1) | 1,628 (64) |
  | Source: Portuguese Environment Agency ||||||||||||||
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Population of Castro Daire Municipality (1801–2011) :
  
  | 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2504 | 9603 | 21274 | 24076 | 25031 | 20411 | 18156 | 16990 | 15339 |
  
  ## Parishes
  
  Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):
  
  * Almofala
  * Cabril
  * Castro Daire
  * Cujó
  * Gosende
  * Mamouros, Alva e Ribolhos
  * Mezio e Moura Morta
  * Mões
  * Moledo
  * Monteiras
  * Parada de Ester e Ester
  * Pepim
  * Picão e Ermida
  * Pinheiro
  * Reriz e Gafanhão
  * São Joaninho
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693) a rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer.
  
  ### Sport
  
  * Vítor Manuel da Silva Marques (born 1969), known as Vitinha a futsal player and captain of the Portugal national futsal team
  * Luís Carlos (born 1972) a former footballer with 140 club caps
  * Ricardo Ferreira (born 1982) a footballer with 124 caps with Académico de Viseu
  * Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro (born 1988), known as Licá, a footballer with over 330 club caps
  