Cabanas de Viriato

Cabanas de Viriato
Parish
Cabanas de Viriato
Coordinates: 40°28′26″N 7°58′41″W / 40.474°N 7.978°W / 40.474; -7.978Coordinates: 40°28′26″N 7°58′41″W / 40.474°N 7.978°W / 40.474; -7.978
Country Portugal
Region Centro
Subregion Dão-Lafões
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)

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]

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

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
  2. Direção-Geral do Território

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