Cadaval () is a municipality in the Oeste region and Lisbon District of

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. The population in 2011 was 14,228,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
in an area of 174.89 km². The present Mayor is José Bernardo Nunes, elected by the

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Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (''

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Alguber Alguber () is a parish of Cadaval, in Lisbon District Lisbon District ( pt, Distrito de Lisboa, ) is a district located along the western coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Lisbon, which is also the national capital. From it ...

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* Painho e Figueiros * Peral * Vermelha * Vilar

Notable people

Sofia Quintino Sofia Quintino (1879-1964) was one of the first female physicians to graduate in Portugal. An active feminist, who opposed the Portuguese monarchy, she played a particularly important role in developing a secular nursing service, in a country whe ...

(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 Júlio de Melo Fogaça (1907, Cadaval – 1980) was a Portuguese politician and member of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), who had a major role in the resistance against the dictatorial regime that ruled Portugal from 1926 to 1974. In 1935, F ...

(1907 in Cadaval – 1980) a Portuguese politician with a mixed history with the

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* Micael Isidoro (born 1982 in Cadaval) a Portuguese road cyclist

References

External links

Municipality official website

Photos from Cadaval
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