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Municipality in Oeste e Vale do Tejo, Portugal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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]

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The present Mayor is José Bernardo Nunes, elected by the Social Democratic Party.

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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

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