Gavião is a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 municipality in the District of Portalegre, in the historical region of Alentejo with a total area of 294.6 km² and a total population of 4,453 inhabitants.

The municipality is composed of 5 parishes.

The municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 covers 293,55 km² of area and 4,887 inhabitants (2001), divided in 5 parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

es. The municipality is bounded by Mação

Mação

Mação is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 400.0 km² and a total population of 7,763 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of eight parishes, and is located in the Santarém District....

 to the West and North, Nisa

Nisa, Portugal

Nisa is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 575.8 km² and a total population of 8,047 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 10 parishes, and is located in Portalegre District....

 to the East, Crato

Crato, Portugal

Crato is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 398.0 km² and a total population of 3,995 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 6 parishes, and is located in Portalegre District....

 to the Southeast, Ponte de Sôr to the Southwest and Abrantes

Abrantes

Abrantes is a municipality in Portugal, with a population of 41,560 inhabitants, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River.-History:...

 to the West.

Gavião received the a foral

Foral

thumb|left|200px|Foral of Castro Verde - PortugalThe word foral derives from the Portuguese word foro, ultimately from Latin forum, equivalent to Spanish fuero, Galician foro, Catalan furs and Basque foru ....

from King D. Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I , the Fortunate , 14th king of Portugal and the Algarves was the son of Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, , by his wife, Infanta Beatrice of Portugal...

 on November the 23rd of 1519, nowadays, that day is celebrated as municipal holiday.

Parishes

• Atalaia
  Atalaia (Gavião)
  Atalaia is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Gavião. The population in 2001 was 165, its density is 8.5/km² and the area is 19.35 km²....
  
  
• Belver
  Belver (Gavião)
  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.-Geography:...
  
  
• Comenda
• Gavião
• Margem

External links

• Photos from Gavião