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{{Geobox|Settlement
{{Other uses|Gois (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:GOI.png|thumb|150px|right|Crest of Gois]]
| name = Góis
'''Góis''' ({{IPA-pt|ɡɔjʃ}}) is a town and municipality of the [[Coimbra District]], in [[Portugal]]. Góis is located on the edge of the [[Ceira River]]. There are many festas throughout the summer and one of Portugal's biggest [[Motorbike]] Festas in August, after the one in [[Faro, Portugal|Faro]].
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| other_name =
| category = [[Municipality]]
| native_category = [[Concelho]]
<!-- *** Names **** -->
| etymology =
| official_name = Concelho de Góis
| motto =
| nickname =
<!-- *** Image *** -->
| image = Igreja de Góis - Exterior.jpg
| image_caption = The Church of Santa Maria Maior in the municipal seat of Góis
| image_size = 235
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| flag = Pt-goi1.png
| symbol = GOI.png
<!-- *** Country *** -->
| country = {{flag|Portugal}}
| state = [[Centro Region, Portugal|Centro]]
| state_type = Region
| region_type = Group
| region = Pinhal Interior Norte
| district = [[Coimbra (district)|Coimbra]]
| municipality = <nowiki>Góis</nowiki>
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| part_type = Civil Parishes
| part_count = 5
| part = [[Alvares (Góis)|Alvares]]
| part1 = [[Cadafaz (Góis)|Cadafaz]]
| part2 = [[Colmeal (Góis)|Colmeal]]
| part3 = [[Góis (parish)|Góis]]
| part4 = [[Vila Nova do Ceira]]
| landmark =
| river = [[Ceira River|Ceira]]
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| location = [[Cadafaz (Góis)|Cadafaz]]
| elevation = 762
| prominence =
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| lat_s = 11.84
| lat_NS = N
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| long_m = 3
| long_s = 52.48
| long_EW = W
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| highest_state = <nowiki>Góis</nowiki>
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| length = 19.72
| length_orientation = West-East
| width = 28.22
| width_orientation = North-South
| area = 263.30
| area_land =
| area_water =
| area_urban =
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<!-- *** Population *** -->
| population = 4260
| population_date = 2011
| population_urban =
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| population_density = 16.18
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<!-- *** History & management *** -->
| established_type = Settlement
| established =
| established1_type = [[Municipality]]
| established1 =
| government_type = [[LAU]]
| government = [[Concelho]]/[[Câmara Municipal]]
| government_location = Praça da República
| government_region = [[Góis (parish)|Góis]]
| government_state = <nowiki>Góis</nowiki>
| government_elevation = 203
| government_lat_d = 40
| government_lat_m = 9
| government_lat_s = 17.46
| government_lat_NS = N
| government_long_d = 8
| government_long_m = 6
| government_long_s = 37.97
| government_long_EW = W
| mayor_type = [[President of the Municipal Chamber|President]]
| mayor = José António Pereira de Carvalho
| mayor_party = [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
| leader_type = [[Assembleia Municipal|Municipal Chair]]
| leader = Maria de Lurdes Oliveira Castanheira
| leader_party = [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
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| timezone = [[West European Time|WET]]
| utc_offset = 0
| timezone_DST = [[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +1
| iso_code = PT
| postal_code = 3330-310 Góis
| postal_code_type = Postal Zone
| area_code = (+351) 235 XX XX XX
| area_code_type = Area Code & Prefix
| code =
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| free_type = [[Demonym]]
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| free1_type = [[Patron Saint]]
| free1 =
| free2_type = Municipal Address
| free2 = Praça da República<br>3330-310 Góis
| free3_type = Municipal Holidays
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<!-- *** Maps *** -->
| map = LocalGois.svg
| map_size = 235
| map_caption = Location of the [[municipality]] of Góis in continental Portugal
| map_background =
| map_locator =
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| commons = Góis
| statistics = [[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]]<ref name="INE">{{citation|url=http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes&PUBLICACOESpub_boui=131011251&PUBLICACOEStema=5414321&PUBLICACOESmodo=2 |title=Censos 2011 - Resultadas Preliminares|trans_title=2011 Census - Preliminary Results|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estatística|language=Português|location=Lisbon, Portugal|language=Portuguese|accessdate=1 January 2012|year=2010|editor=INE|editor-link=Instituto Nacional de Estatística}}</ref>
| website = http://www.cm-gois.pt
<!-- *** Footnotes *** -->
| footnotes = Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.igeo.pt/produtos/cadastro/caop/download/Areas_Freg_Mun_Dist_CAOP2010.zip|title=Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal|publisher=Instituto Geográfico Português|location=Lisbon, Portugal|language=Portuguese|accessdate=1 January 2012|year=2010|editor=IGP}}</ref> produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP)
}}
'''Góis''' ({{IPA-pt|ɡɔjʃ}}) is a [[concelho|municipality]] of the district of [[Coimbra (district)|Coimbra]], in the [[Centro Region, Portugal|central]] part of continental [[Portugal]].

==Geography==
[[File:Vila de Goes.jpg|thumb|235px|left|A (1910) photograph of the historical administrative buildings of the municipal seat]]

===Physical geography===
The municipality of Góis is situated {{convert|40|km|mi}} in Coimbra, in a deep, narrow valley of Ceira, between the mountains of Carvalhal and Rabadão. The municipality is limited in the north by the municipality of [[Arganil Municipality|Arganil]], east by [[Pampilhosa da Serra Municipality|Pampilhosa da Serra]], southwest by [[Pedrógão Grande]] and [[Castanheira de Pera]], west by [[Lousã]] and northwest by [[Vila Nova de Poiares Municipality|Vila Nova de Poiares]].

The mountains of the Penedo de Góis, which are part of the ''Serra da Lousã'' (''Lousã Mountains''), at a height of {{convert|1043|m|ft}}, have an accentuated orography with many climatic differences; the Lousã represents the end of the southwest-central cordillera, with elevations between {{convert|800|m|ft}} and {{convert|1200|m|ft}} above sea level, with accentuated slopes (resulting in steep cliffs that are mostly inaccessible) on the northern flanks and gentle in the south influenced by Atlantic and Mediterranean weather systems.<ref name="ICN">{{citation |title=Plano Sectorial da Rede Natura 2000 |publisher=Instituto da Conservação da Natureza |language=Portuguese |editor=ICN |location=Lisbon, Portugal |date=January 2006 |accessdate=6 June 2012 |url=http://www.cm-gois.pt/files/755.pdf }}</ref>

The environment resulted in a diverse vegetation, that includes holm oaks (''[[Quercus rotundifolia]]'') in the dry, sunny regions; and English oak (''[[Quercus robur]]'') and Pyrenean oak (''[[Quercus pyrenaica]]'') in the humid, colder areas.<ref name=ICN/> It is an area of appreciable landscape, composed of quartzite, accompanied by gravel along the flanks.<ref name=ICN/>

The rivers, in addition to its fishery resources, are utilized for leisure activities (including its beaches and fluvial pools).

There are a number of watercourses in the municipality, all with a permanent character that support the watersheds of the Zêzere and Mondego Rivers.<ref name=ICN/> The riparian vegetation, consequently, thrives: specifically, the patches of European alder (''[[Alnus glutinosa]]'') and communities of Portuguese laurel (''[[Prunus lusitanica]]''), with the presence of European holly (''[[Ilex aquifolium]]'').<ref name=ICN/> These areas include important spaces for the conservation of Iberian Emerald Lizard (''[[Lacerta schreiberi]]'') and particularly the Gold-Striped Salamander (''[[Chioglossa lusitanica]]''), also known as an area of elevated genetic diversity and major vulnerability.<ref name=ICN/>

===Human geography===
[[File:Cortada, Colmeal.jpg|thumb|235px|left|The rustic homes of the civil parish of Colmeal]]
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{{stack|
{{Historical populations
|title = Population of<br>Góis<br><small>(1801 - 2011)</small>
| 1801 | 5231
| 1849 | 6332
| 1900 | 11891
| 1930 | 12230
| 1960 | 9744
| 1981 | 6434
| 1991 | 5372
| 2001 | 4861
| 2011 | 4260
}}
}}
|}
The municipality consists of five [[freguesia|civil parishes]], organized into two distinct geographic groups: the first consisting of
Colmeal, Vila Nova do Ceira, Góis and Cadafaz (united by the River Ceira); while the parish of Alvares is distinguished by the ravines of Mega and Sinhel.


==Parishes==
Góis has 5 [[freguesia|parishes]]:
* [[Alvares (Góis)|Alvares]]
* [[Alvares (Góis)|Alvares]]
* [[Cadafaz (Góis)|Cadafaz]]
* [[Cadafaz (Góis)|Cadafaz]]
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* [[Vila Nova do Ceira]]
* [[Vila Nova do Ceira]]


====Twin towns — Sister cities====
==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Portugal}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
Góis is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
Góis is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]<ref name="São Paulo">[http://www2.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/secretarias/relacoes_internacionais/ingles/descentralized_cooperation/sister_cities/0001 Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized Cooperation]</ref><ref name="São Paulo2">[http://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/relacoes_internacionais/cidadesirmas/index.php?p=1066 International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities]</ref>
* {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]<ref name="São Paulo">[http://www2.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/secretarias/relacoes_internacionais/ingles/descentralized_cooperation/sister_cities/0001 Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized Cooperation]</ref><ref name="São Paulo2">[http://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/relacoes_internacionais/cidadesirmas/index.php?p=1066 International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities]</ref>


== References ==
==Culture==
There are many religious and/or secular festivals throughout the summer, including one of Portugal's largest [[Motorbike]] competitions in August (after the one in [[Faro, Portugal|Faro]]).
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==References==
;Notes
{{Reflist|2}}
;Sources


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitor107/sets/1420858/ Photographs of Góis on Flickr]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitor107/sets/1420858/ Photographs of Góis on Flickr]
* [http://www.cm-gois.pt Góis Camara website]
{{commons category|Góis}}


{{Parishes of Góis}}
{{Municipalities of Coimbra}}
{{Municipalities of Coimbra}}

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Revision as of 01:37, 7 June 2012

Template:Geobox Góis (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɔjʃ]) is a municipality of the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal.

Geography

A (1910) photograph of the historical administrative buildings of the municipal seat

Physical geography

The municipality of Góis is situated 40 kilometres (25 mi) in Coimbra, in a deep, narrow valley of Ceira, between the mountains of Carvalhal and Rabadão. The municipality is limited in the north by the municipality of Arganil, east by Pampilhosa da Serra, southwest by Pedrógão Grande and Castanheira de Pera, west by Lousã and northwest by Vila Nova de Poiares.

The mountains of the Penedo de Góis, which are part of the Serra da Lousã (Lousã Mountains), at a height of 1,043 metres (3,422 ft), have an accentuated orography with many climatic differences; the Lousã represents the end of the southwest-central cordillera, with elevations between 800 metres (2,600 ft) and 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) above sea level, with accentuated slopes (resulting in steep cliffs that are mostly inaccessible) on the northern flanks and gentle in the south influenced by Atlantic and Mediterranean weather systems.[1]

The environment resulted in a diverse vegetation, that includes holm oaks (Quercus rotundifolia) in the dry, sunny regions; and English oak (Quercus robur) and Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica) in the humid, colder areas.[1] It is an area of appreciable landscape, composed of quartzite, accompanied by gravel along the flanks.[1]

The rivers, in addition to its fishery resources, are utilized for leisure activities (including its beaches and fluvial pools).

There are a number of watercourses in the municipality, all with a permanent character that support the watersheds of the Zêzere and Mondego Rivers.[1] The riparian vegetation, consequently, thrives: specifically, the patches of European alder (Alnus glutinosa) and communities of Portuguese laurel (Prunus lusitanica), with the presence of European holly (Ilex aquifolium).[1] These areas include important spaces for the conservation of Iberian Emerald Lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) and particularly the Gold-Striped Salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica), also known as an area of elevated genetic diversity and major vulnerability.[1]

Human geography

The rustic homes of the civil parish of Colmeal
Population of
Góis
(1801 - 2011)
YearPop.±%
1801 5,231—    
1849 6,332+21.0%
1900 11,891+87.8%
1930 12,230+2.9%
1960 9,744−20.3%
1981 6,434−34.0%
1991 5,372−16.5%
2001 4,861−9.5%
2011 4,260−12.4%

The municipality consists of five civil parishes, organized into two distinct geographic groups: the first consisting of Colmeal, Vila Nova do Ceira, Góis and Cadafaz (united by the River Ceira); while the parish of Alvares is distinguished by the ravines of Mega and Sinhel.

Twin towns — Sister cities

Góis is twinned with:

Culture

There are many religious and/or secular festivals throughout the summer, including one of Portugal's largest Motorbike competitions in August (after the one in Faro).

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f ICN, ed. (January 2006), Plano Sectorial da Rede Natura 2000 (PDF) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto da Conservação da Natureza, retrieved 6 June 2012
  2. ^ Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized Cooperation
  3. ^ International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities
Sources
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Góis&oldid=496366584"