Portugal
Castelo Branco District
Vila de Rei Municipality

Vila de Rei

Vila de Rei is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in . The population in 2011 was 3,452, in an area of 191.55 km2. A small municipality covered with pinewoods, located precisely at the centre of Portugal, as marked by the , a monument indicating the geodesic centre of Mainland Portugal.
Tap on a place
to explore it
cm-viladerei.pt
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 2,600 residents
  • Description: municipality and town of Portugal
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Câmara Municipal de Vila de Rei and Igreja da Misericórdia.

Town hall
Photo: Threeohsix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town hall.

Church
Photo: Threeohsix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Building
is a monument and the geodesic centre of mainland Portugal. Constructed in 1802, the triangulation station sits on top of the Serra da Melriça, a 592 m high mountain range in the municipality of Vila de Rei, offering a 360° view of its surroundings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fundada and Água Formosa.

Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, which is situated 5 km north of Vila de Rei.

Hamlet
Photo: JORGEDIAS2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vila de Rei is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in . The population in 2011 was 3,452, in an area of 191.55 km2. A small municipality covered with pinewoods, located precisely at the centre of Portugal, as marked by the , a monument indicating the geodesic centre of Mainland Portugal. is situated 6 km southeast of Vila de Rei.

Vila de Rei

Latitude
39.676° or 39° 40′ 34″ north
Longitude
-8.1442° or 8° 8′ 39″ west
Population
2,600
Elevation
432 metres (1,417 feet)
Open location code
8CFHMVG4+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25269007
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8014244
Wiki­data ID
Q1003126
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Vila de Rei from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Waray—“Vila de Rei” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Vila de Rei”
  • Cebuano: “Vila de Rei”
  • Chechen: “Вила-ди-Рей”
  • Chinese: “Vila de Rei”
  • Chinese: “雷鎮”
  • Dutch: “Vila de Rei”
  • Esperanto: “Vila de Rei”
  • French: “Vila de Rei”
  • German: “Vila de Rei”
  • Irish: “Vila de Rei”
  • Italian: “Vila de Rei”
  • Japanese: “ヴィラ・ディ・レイ”
  • Lombard: “Vila de Rei”
  • Malay: “Vila de Rei”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vila de Rei”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vila de Rei”
  • Norwegian: “Vila de Rei”
  • Polish: “Vila de Rei”
  • Portuguese: “Município de Vila de Rei”
  • Portuguese: “Vila de Rei”
  • Russian: “Вила-де-Рей”
  • Russian: “Вила-ди-Рей”
  • Spanish: “Vila de Rei”
  • Tatar: “Вила-ди-Рей”
  • Turkish: “Vila de Rei”
  • Ukrainian: “Віла-де-Рей”
  • Vietnamese: “Vila de Rei”
  • Volapük: “Vila de Rei”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vila de Rei Municipality”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vila de Rei”
  • “Vila de Rei”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Vila de Rei”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cidreiro and Lavadouro.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Capela da Senhora da Guia and Museu do Fogo e da Resina.

Portugal: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Lisbon, Caldas da Rainha, Porto, and Coimbra.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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 “Vila de Rei”. Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.