Cadaval
Municipality in Oeste e Vale do Tejo, Portugal
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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(2011)
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]
The present Mayor is José Bernardo Nunes, elected by the Social Democratic Party.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
- Alguber
- Cadaval e Pêro Moniz
- Lamas e Cercal
- Painho e Figueiros
- Peral
- Vermelha
- Vilar
Notable people
- 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
- ^ 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
- Municipality official website
- Photos from Cadaval
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Cadaval.