Mira, Portugal

Mira
Municipality
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Coordinates: 40°26′N 8°44′W / 40.433°N 8.733°WCoordinates: 40°26′N 8°44′W / 40.433°N 8.733°W
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Subregion	Baixo Mondego
Intermunic. comm.	Região de Coimbra
District	Coimbra
Parishes	4
Area
• Total	124.03 km^2 (47.89 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	12,465
• Density	100/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)
Website	www.cm-mira.pt

Mira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmiɾɐ]) is a town and a municipality in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. It is a coastal municipality known for its beaches, forests, and agriculture. The population in 2011 was 12,465,^[1] in an area of 124.03 km².^[2]

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

• Mira
• Praia de Mira
• Seixo
• Carapelhos

Economy

A centre for artisanal fishery, and aquaculture, Mira's economic activities also rely on agriculture, forestry, and tourism.

In 2007, the Galician fishing company Pescanova, headquartered in Redondela, Spain, announced its intention to build several sea bass aquaculture plants in Mira. Pescanova invested about 350 mln eur in the Portuguese aquaculture plant, which was backed by the Portuguese government with about 45 mln eur in incentives. The plants incorporate wind farms to alleviate the high energy costs, as well as a fish feeding plant. The plants were projected to reach a production rate of between 30,000t and 100,000t a year.^[4]

Main sights

• São Bento Fountain

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. Direção-Geral do Território
3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 71" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
4. (Portuguese) José Carlos Silva, Comissário Europeu em Mira para inaugurar Pescanova, in Diário de Coimbra (June 14, 2009).

External links

• Media related to Mira, Portugal at Wikimedia Commons
• (Portuguese) Official Municipality Page
• Photos from Mira