Vimeiro
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Vimeiro () is a freguesia (civil parish) in the municipality of Lourinhã in west-central Portugal. It is in the District of Lisboa. The population in 2011 was 1,470, in an area of 7.08 km².
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Vimeiro
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- LNH-vimeiro.png
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Oeste e Vale do Tejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
- Oeste
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Lisbon
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Lourinhã
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 7.08
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 1470
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Vimeiro () is a freguesia (civil parish) in the municipality of Lourinhã in west-central Portugal. It is in the District of Lisboa. The population in 2011 was 1,470, in an area of 7.08 km².
Vimeiro was the site of the 1808 Battle of Vimeiro, where British forces under the Duke of Wellington defeated the French, ending the first French invasion of Portugal. A monument was dedicated in Vimeiro on August 21, 1908, the 100th anniversary of the battle, by Manuel II of Portugal.
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