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Vidigueira (Portuguese pronunciation: [viðiˈɣɐjɾɐ] (listen) or [viðiˈɣe(j)ɾɐ]) is a town and a municipality in the District of Beja in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,932,[1] in an area of 316.61 km².[2]

Vidigueira
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 38°12′N 7°48′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.	Baixo Alentejo
District	Beja
Parishes	4
Government
• President	Manuel Narra (CDU)
Area
• Total	316.0 km2 (122.0 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,932
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	Ascension Day (date varies)
Website	http://www.cm-vidigueira.pt

The present Mayor is Manuel Rosa Narra, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day. The archaeological site of the Roman Ruins of Villa Áulica and Convent of São Cucufate are situated near Vidigueira.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

• Pedrógão
• Selmes
• Vidigueira
• Vila de Frades

Notable people

• Vasco da Gama (c.1460s – 1524) the Portuguese navigator, was made Count of Vidigueira by King Manuel I on the return from his discovery of the maritime route from Europe to India
• Achilles Statius (1524 in Vidigueira – 1581) humanist poet and commentator
• The father of Baruch Spinoza (1662-1677) the Dutch philosopher, lived in Vidigueira in the 17th century, before escaping from the Portuguese Inquisition to the Dutch Republic.

See also

• Vidigueira DOC

References

External links

• Town Hall official website

На других языках

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- [en] Vidigueira

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[es] Vidigueira

Vidigueira es una villa portuguesa perteneciente al distrito de Beja, región del Alentejo y comunidad intermunicipal del Bajo Alentejo, con cerca de 3000 habitantes.

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[ru] Видигейра

Видигейра (порт. Vidigueira) — посёлок городского типа в Португалии, центр одноимённого муниципалитета округа Бежа. Численность населения — 3,0 тыс. жителей (посёлок), 6,0 тыс. жителей (муниципалитет). Посёлок и муниципалитет входит в регион Алентежу и субрегион Байшу-Алентежу. По старому административному делению входил в провинцию Байшу-Алентежу.

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