| Belver | ||
| Civil Parish (Freguesia) | ||
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A view of the old city and the medeival Castle of Belver
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| Official name: Freguesia de Belver | ||
| Country | Portugal | |
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| Region | Alentejo | |
| Subregion | Alto Alentejo | |
| District | Portalegre | |
| Municipality | Gavião | |
| Center | Belver | |
| - elevation | 230 m (755 ft) | |
| - coordinates | ||
| Length | 10.50 km (7 mi), Northwest-Southeast | |
| Width | 12.74 km (8 mi), Southwest-Northeast | |
| Area | 69.83 km2 (27 sq mi) | |
| Population | 900 (2001) | |
| Density | 12.88 / km2 (33 / sq mi) | |
| LAU | Freguesia/Junta Freguesia | |
| - location | Rua D. Nuno Alvares Pereira, Belver, Gavião | |
| President Junta | José Eugénio Sequeira Rolo | |
| President Assembleia | Francisco do Rosário Machado | |
| Timezone | WET (UTC0) | |
| - summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) | |
| ISO 3166-2 code | PT- | |
| Postal Zone | 6040-024 Belver | |
| Area Code & Prefix | (+351) 241 XXX XXX | |
| Demonym | Gavionense; Belverense | |
| Patron Saint | Nossa Senhora da Visitação | |
| Parish Address | Rua D. Nuno Alvares Pereira, 41B 6040-024 Belver |
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| Wikimedia Commons: Belver | ||
| Statistics: Instituto Nacional de Estatística[1] | ||
| Website: http://www.jf-belver.pt/ | ||
| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[2] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | ||
Belver is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Gavião, district of Portalegre. The population in 2001 was 900, which covered an area of 69.83 km², along the northern margin of the Tagus River.
Belver is the northern-most civil parish of the municipality, and the only on the northern margin of the Tagus River (the remaining parishes of Gavião are on lands south of the Tagus). It is bordered by Gavião and Atalaia parishes (in the south), while surrounded by the parishes of Envendos, Mação and Ortiga (in the neighbouring municipality of Mação) to the northeast, north and northwest, respectively).
It is accessible by rail-link (the Beira Baixa railway), with its stop in the city centre. Alternatively, the main access is along the A23/IP6/E806 motorway (Auto-Estrada da Beira-Interior), passing through the northern part of the parish, then 5.5 kilometres south to the Tagus basin.