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Sabugal

Coordinates: 40°21′N 7°05′W / 40.350°N 7.083°W / 40.350; -7.083
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Sabugal
Settlement
Sabugal Castle
Flag of Sabugal
Coat of arms of Sabugal
Coordinates: 40°21′N 7°05′W / 40.350°N 7.083°W / 40.350; -7.083
Country Portugal
RegionCentro
Intermunic. comm.Beiras e Serra da Estrela
DistrictGuarda
Area
 • Total822.70 km2 (317.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total12,544
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitehttp://www.cm-sabugal.pt

Sabugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐβuˈɣaɫ]) is a city and a municipality in the District of Guarda in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 12,544,[1] in an area of 822.70 km².[2] The city proper has a population of about 3,000. There are castles in Sabugal and Sortelha. The present Mayor is Manuel Rito Alves, elected by the Social Democratic Party.

The municipal holiday is the Monday after Octave of Easter. Main monument: Sabugal Castle

History

Sabugal in the 1810s

Sabugal was the location of the 1811 Battle of Sabugal, a Peninsular War engagement of British troops under Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) and French troops under the command of Marshal André Masséna, from which the British emerged victorious.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 30 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

  • Águas Belas
  • Aldeia da Ponte
  • Aldeia da Ribeira, Vilar Maior e Badamalos
  • Aldeia do Bispo (Vale dos Caidos)
  • Aldeia Velha
  • Alfaiates
  • Baraçal
  • Bendada
  • Bismula
  • Casteleiro
  • Cerdeira
  • Fóios
  • Lageosa da Raia
  • Forcalhos
  • Malcata
  • Nave
  • Pousafoles do Bispo, Pena Lobo e Lomba
  • Quadrazais
  • Quintas de São Bartolomeu
  • Rapoula do Côa
  • Rebolosa
  • Rendo
  • Ruvina, Ruivós e Vale das Éguas
  • Sabugal e Aldeia de Santo António
  • Santo Estêvão e Moita
  • Seixo do Côa e Vale Longo
  • Sortelha
  • Souto (town)
  • Vale de Espinho
  • Vila Boa
  • Vila do Touro

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ Direção-Geral do Território Archived 2014-09-29 at archive.today
  3. ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, pages 552 104-105" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.