Sendim e Atenor is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the municipality of
Miranda do Douro, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Sendim and Atenor.
The population in 2011 was 1,487,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)]
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 58.93 km
2.
[Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país]
/ref> Sendim is in the area where the rare Mirandese language
The Mirandese language ( mwl, mirandés, links=no or ''lhéngua mirandesa''; pt, mirandês or ) is an Astur-Leonese language or language variety that is sparsely spoken in a small area of northeastern Portugal in Terra de Miranda (made up of t ...
, related to Leonese, is spoken and co-official with Portuguese.
References
Freguesias of Miranda do Douro
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