Alcanede
Alcanede is a civil parish in the municipality of Santarém, Portugal, in the district of the same name, of the Ribatejo. The population in 2011 was 4,547, in an area of 105.84 km2. Between 1163 and 1855 it was a municipal seat (with a population of 6408 inhabitants in 1801).
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Alcanede
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Alcanede Town.JPG
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- The village of Alcanede with the Castle of Alcanede on the hilltop in the background
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- STR-alcanede.png
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Oeste e Vale do Tejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Lezíria do Tejo
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Santarém
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Santarém
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation
- 93
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 105.84
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
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Alcanede is a civil parish in the municipality of Santarém, Portugal, in the district of the same name, of the Ribatejo. The population in 2011 was 4,547, in an area of 105.84 km2. Between 1163 and 1855 it was a municipal seat (with a population of 6408 inhabitants in 1801).
==History== thumb|left|170px|Entrance to the Castle of Alcanede Between 1163 and 1855, with a population around 6408 (1801), it was the municipal seat of a municipality consisting of Louriceira, Malhou, Alcobertas, Fráguas, Abrã, Alcanede and Arneiro das Milhariças.
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