Vidigueira

Infobox_Municipality_pt
official_name = Vidigueira


image_coat_of_arms = VDG.png

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District = Beja
Mayor_name = Manuel Narra
Mayor_party = CDU
area_total = 316.0
population_total = 6,019
population_density = 19
Parishes = 4
coor = 38º12'N 7º48'W
params = 38_12_N_7_48_W
occasion = Ascension Day
day = date varies
website = http://www.cm-vidigueira.pt
footnotes =

Vidigueira (pron. IPA2|vidi'gɐjɾɐ or [IPA|vidi'geɾɐ] ) is a municipality in Portugal, with a total area of 316.0 km² and a total population of 6,019 inhabitants.

The municipality is composed of four parishes, and is located in the District of Beja.

The present Mayor is Manuel Rosa Narra, elected by the Unitarian 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

* Pedrógão
* Selmes
* Vidigueira
* Vila de Frades
* Cortes de Cima

General info

* Vidigueira is not the birthplace of Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama was made count of Vidigueira by King D. Manuel I on his return from his first trip to India by sea.

* Vidigueira is the birthplace of the humanist poet and commentator Achilles Statius.

* Dutch philosopher's Spinoza father lived in Vidigueira in the 17th century, before escaping from the Portuguese Inquisition to Holland.

ee also

*Vidigueira DOC

External links

* [http://www.cm-vidigueira.pt/ Town Hall official website]