Vilar de Maçada

Vilar de Maçada
Parish
Vilar de Maçada
Coordinates: 41°19′34″N 7°33′32″W / 41.326°N 7.559°WCoordinates: 41°19′34″N 7°33′32″W / 41.326°N 7.559°W
Country Portugal
Region Norte
Subregion Douro
Intermunic. comm. Douro
District Vila Real
Municipality Alijó
Area
  Total 20.19 km2 (7.80 sq mi)
Population (2011)
  Total 915
  Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)

Vilar de Maçada is a freguesia (civil parish) of Alijó municipality, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 915,[1] in an area of 20.19 km².[2] The locality is known as the place where José Sócrates, former Portuguese Prime-Minister born in the city of Porto in 1957, was registered in that same year by his father.

References

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