Cadaval Explained

Type:	municipality
Official Name:	Cadaval
Flag Border:	no
Coordinates:	39.2333°N -15°W
Region:	Oeste e Vale do Tejo
Cim:	Oeste
District:	Lisbon
Leader Party:	PSD
Leader Name:	José Bernardo Nunes
Area Total Km2:	174.89
Population Total:	14,228
Population As Of:	2011
Parishes:	7
Holiday:	January 13

Cadaval (pronounced as /pt/) 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

External links

• Municipality official website
• Photos from Cadaval

Notes and References

1. http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. Web site: Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país . 2018-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ . 2018-11-05 . dead .
3. Web site: Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 30. 20 July 2014. Diário da República. Diário da República. Portuguese. pdf.