Carregal do Sal () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Viseu District The District of Viseu ( pt, Distrito de Viseu ) is located in the Central Inland of Portugal, the District Capital is the city of Viseu. Municipalities The district is composed by 24 municipalities: * Armamar * Carregal do Sal * Castro Daire * ...

in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,835, in an area of 116.89 km². The present mayor is Atílio dos Santos Nunes, elected by the

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. The municipal holiday is the second Monday after the third Sunday of July.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (''

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''): * Beijós *

Cabanas de Viriato Cabanas de Viriato is a town in the Carregal do Sal Municipality, Dão-Lafões Subregion of the Viseu District, in the Centro Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,533,English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

: ''of salt'') after the big salt evaporation ponds constructed there by order of Francisco Lucas de Melo Pais do Amaral (7 May 1752 – 6 April 1819), of Casa de Santar (Melo Pais do Amaral, and after Count of Santar). Taking advantage of the location by the road, by then the major land connection between Viseu and Coimbra districts, Francisco Lucas de Melo Pais do Amaral therefore ordered the building of huge salt evaporation ponds in some lands he had inherited, which could supply the entire region. This business was kept in the hands of its descendants (Soares de Albergaria Pais e Melo) over almost 200 years, and consisted of collecting the salt from

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, transporting it by boat through Mondego and Dão rivers, up to Carregal, then laid in big warehouses, in the place named "Salinas" (

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: ''

salt evaporation ponds A salt evaporation pond is a shallow artificial salt pan designed to extract salts from sea water or other brines. The Salt pans are shallow and large of size because it will be easier for sunlight to travel and reach the sea water. Natural s ...

'') in the town border, where Francisco Lucas de Melo Pais do Amaral ordered, moreover, the build of the house named after it, today the Museu Municipal Manuel Soares de Albergaria.

Notable people

Aristides de Sousa Mendes Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches () GCC, OL (July 19, 1885 – April 3, 1954) was a Portuguese consul during World War II. As the Portuguese consul-general in the French city of Bordeaux, he defied the orders of Antóni ...

(1885 in Cabanas de Viriato – 1954) a Portuguese consul-general in

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, he defied the orders of António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo regime, was punished, but posthumously redeemed and commemorated * Ondina Maria Farias Veloso (1956–2019) a singer, known as

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, sang in the

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References

External links

Town Hall official websitePhotos from Carregal do Sal
Towns in Portugal Populated places in Viseu District Municipalities of Viseu District People from Carregal do Sal {{Viseu-geo-stub