Cadaval () is a municipality in the
Oeste intermunicipal community and
Lisbon District of
Portugal
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. The population in 2011 was 14,228,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
in an area of 174.89 km
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''):
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Alguber
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Cadaval e Pêro Moniz
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Lamas e Cercal
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Painho e Figueiros
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Peral
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Vermelha
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Vilar
Notable people
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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
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Júlio Fogaça (1907 in Cadaval – 1980) a Portuguese politician with a mixed history with the
Portuguese Communist Party
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Micael Isidoro (born 1982 in Cadaval) a Portuguese road cyclist
References
External links
Municipality official websitePhotos from Cadaval
{{Authority control
Towns in Portugal
Populated places in Lisbon District
Municipalities of Lisbon District