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,[1] in an area of 21.47 km².[2]
Cabanas de Viriato | |
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  Cabanas de Viriato Location in Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 40.474°N 7.978°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Centro |
| Intermunic. comm. | Viseu Dão Lafões |
| District | Viseu |
| Municipality | Carregal do Sal |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.47 km2 (8.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,533 |
| • Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Notable people
Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat helped up to 30 000 war refugees escape to Portugal from invading German military forces in the early years of World War II, Cabanas de Viriato is his birthplace and hometown.
References
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
- "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
External links
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