Covilhã
Covilhã ranks 15,975th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tateyama, Toyama, Asahi, Toyama, and Cres. Memorable people born in Covilhã include Pêro da Covilhã. Covilhã has been the birth place of many explorers. Covilhã is located in Portugal.
Covilhã, officially Covilhã City, is a city and a municipality in the Centro region, Portugal. The city proper had 33,691 inhabitants in 2021. The municipality population in 2021 was 46,455 in an area of 555.60 square kilometres (214.52 sq mi). It is located in the Beiras e Serra da Estrela subregion and Beiras and Serra da Estrela Intermunicipal Community. The municipal holiday is October 20. Sometimes referred to as town of wool and snow, Covilhã is one of the main urban centres of the historical Beira Interior region. The proximity of the mountains offers dramatic scenery and a great environment for those fond of hiking, camping, mountain climbing and skiing. With an industrial tradition historically focused on textile industry supplied by an abundance of wool produced in the area since antiquity, but with a more diversified industry in contemporaneity, Covilhã, which was once known as the "Portuguese Manchester", is also a university city nowadays awarding degrees from aeronautical engineering to medicine to philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1450, Covilhã was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Pêro da Covilhã.
People Born in Covilhã
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Covilhã were explorers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history explorers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Covilhã, including Pêro da Covilhã.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Covilhã since 1700.
