Vilar de Maçada explained

Type:parish
Official Name:Vilar de Maçada
Region:Norte
Cim:Douro
District:Vila Real
Municipality:Alijó
Coordinates:41.326°N -7.559°W
Area Total:20.19
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:915

Vilar de Maçada is a freguesia (civil parish) of Alijó municipality, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 915,[1] in an area of 20.19 km2.[2] The locality is known as the place where José Sócrates, former Portuguese Prime-Minister born in the city of Porto in 1957, was registered in that same year by his father.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=165404348&att_display=n&att_download=y Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
  2. 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_/ Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país