Cinfães

Cinfães is a village and a municipality in the northern district of Viseu, Portugal. The village proper has about 3,300 inhabitants. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 20,427, in an area of 239.29 km2.

Its history is linked to the first king of Portugal, Afonso Henriques and several noblemen of his entourage, like the server Egas Moniz. In Cinfães existed several fortified houses or towers like "Torre da Chã" destroyed during the first half of the 20th century.

It has an important heritage resource, especially the Romanesque churches such as St. Cristóvão de Nogueira; Santa Maria Maior de Tarouquela, Igreja do Escamarão, Ermida do Douro among many important others churches, specially dated to the Baroque period, like the one of São Pedro of Ferreiros de Tendais, and Santa Cristina of Tendais.

The present mayor is Armando Mourisco, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is June 24 (st. John's day).

Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 14 civil parishes (freguesias):


 * Alhões, Bustelo, Gralheira e Ramires
 * Cinfães
 * Espadanedo
 * Ferreiros de Tendais
 * Fornelos
 * Moimenta
 * Nespereira
 * Oliveira do Douro
 * Santiago de Piães
 * São Cristóvão de Nogueira
 * Souselo
 * Tarouquela
 * Tendais
 * Travanca

Sanfins
Sanfins (also known as Sanfins da Beira) was a council within the municipality of Cinfães. It was given a foral in 1514 a status it kept until 1855. This area in the Douro region is now part of the Cinfães municipality.

Notable people

 * Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846 at the castle of Polchras in Tendais – 1900) Viscount of Serpa Pinto, a Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and a colonial administrator; Governor of Cape Verde, 1894/8.
 * Rui Cardoso (born 1994) a Portuguese footballer with over 100 club caps