Cadaval

Cadaval

Cadaval

Municipality in Centro, Portugal

Cadaval (Portuguese pronunciation: [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]

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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

  1. [1]
    Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived November 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. [3]
    Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 30" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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