Cadaval

{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision

| type = municipality

| official_name = Cadaval

| image_flag = Pt-cdv1.png

| flag_border = no

| image_shield = CDV.png

| image_skyline = Cadaval.jpg

| image_caption = Church of N. Sra. Da Conceição

|coordinates = {{coord|39|14|N|9|06|W|type:adm1st_region:PT_dim:100000|display=inline,title}}

| image_map = LocalCadaval.svg

|region = Oeste e Vale do Tejo

|CIM = Oeste

|district = Lisbon

| leader_party = PSD

| leader_name = José Bernardo Nunes

| area_total_km2 = 174.89

| population_total = 14,228

| population_as_of = 2011

| parishes = 7

| holiday = January 13

| website = {{website|http://www.cm-cadaval.pt}}

}}

Cadaval ({{IPA|pt|kɐðɐˈval|lang|Pt-pt Cadaval FF.ogg}}) is a municipality in the Oeste intermunicipal community and Lisbon District of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,228,[http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115205227/http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 |date=November 15, 2016 }} in an area of 174.89 km2.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |title=Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |archive-date=2018-11-05 |url-status=dead }}

The present Mayor is José Bernardo Nunes, elected by the Social Democratic Party.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 30|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |accessdate=20 July 2014|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=Portuguese|format=pdf}}

Notable people

  • 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
  • Júlio Fogaça (1907 in Cadaval – 1980) a Portuguese politician with a mixed history with the Portuguese Communist Party
  • Micael Isidoro (born 1982 in Cadaval) a Portuguese road cyclist

References

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