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Vilar Formoso

Vilar Formoso

Vilar Formoso is a town and civil parish in the municipality of , Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,219, in an area of 15.14 km2. One of the most important crossings on the Portugal–Spain border is located just next to the town.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: town and civil parish in Portugal
  • Also known as: “Vilar-Formosa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vilar Formoso and Fuentes de Oñoro.

Railway station
Photo: MarioM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Antero Pires, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station.

Church
Photo: Jelger, CC BY 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fuentes de Oñoro and Castelo Bom.

Village
Photo: Antero Pires, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western , part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 124 kilometres from the provincial capital city of , and has a population of 1058 people. is situated 3 km southeast of Vilar Formoso.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Vilar Formoso.

Village
Photo: Tuispi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western , part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It has a population of 83 people. is situated 8 km northeast of Vilar Formoso.

Vilar Formoso

Latitude
40.60837° or 40° 36′ 30″ north
Longitude
-6.83344° or 6° 50′ 0″ west
Elevation
756 metres (2,480 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PT VLF
Open location code
8CGMJ558+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 861065330
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2732420
Wiki­data ID
Q746308
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Vilar Formoso” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Basque: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Catalan: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Cebuano: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Chechen: “Вилар-Формозу”
  • Chinese: “維拉爾福莫索”
  • Chinese: “維拉福爾摩索”
  • Chinese: “维拉福尔摩索”
  • Dutch: “Vilar Formoso”
  • French: “Vilar Formoso”
  • German: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Irish: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Kazakh: “Вилар-Формозу”
  • Malay: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Polish: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Portuguese: “Freguesia de Vilar Formoso”
  • Portuguese: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Russian: “Вилар-Формозу”
  • Spanish: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Spanish: “Villar Formoso”
  • Swedish: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Tatar: “Вилар-Формозу”
  • Turkish: “Vilar Formoso”
  • Turkish: “Vilarelho”
  • “Vilar Formoso”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vilar Formoso”. Photo: Antero Pires, CC BY-SA 2.0.