Castanheira de Pera

Castanheira de Pera, often erroneously written Castanheira de Pêra, is a municipality in the district of Leiria in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,191, in an area of 66.77 km².

The present Mayor is Fernando José Pires Lopes, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is on July 4.

Parishes
Administratively, the municipality consists of 1 civil parish (freguesia):
 * Castanheira de Pera e Coentral

Notable people

 * Kalidás Barreto (1932–2020) a Portuguese accountant and trade unionist; active in Castanheira de Pera where he died
 * João Carvalho (born 1997) a Portuguese footballer with nearly 200 club caps, he plays for Nottingham Forest F.C.