Cadaval (Portuguese: [kɐðɐˈval] ) is a municipality in the Oeste intermunicipal community and Lisbon District of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,228,[1] in an area of 174.89 km2.[2]
Cadaval | |
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 Church of N. Sra. Da Conceição | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 39°14′N 9°06′W / 39.233°N 9.100°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Oeste e Vale do Tejo |
| Intermunic. comm. | Oeste |
| District | Lisbon |
| Parishes | 7 |
| Government | |
| • President | José Bernardo Nunes (PSD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 174.89 km2 (67.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 14,228 |
| • Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | January 13 |
| Website | www |
The present Mayor is José Bernardo Nunes, elected by the Social Democratic Party.
Parishes
editAdministratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
Notable people
edit- Sofia Quintino (1879 in Lamas - 1964) one of the first female physicians to graduate in Portugal. An active feminist and leading developer of a secular nursing service
- Júlio Fogaça (1907 in Cadaval – 1980) a Portuguese politician with a mixed history with the Portuguese Communist Party
- Micael Isidoro (born 1982 in Cadaval) a Portuguese road cyclist
References
edit- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 30" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2014.
External links
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Cadaval.