Vilar de Maçada is a freguesia of Alijó municipality, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 915, in an area of 20.19 km2. The locality is known as the place where José Sócrates, former Portuguese Prime-Minister born in the city of Porto in 1957, was registered in that same year by his father. Vilar de Maçada is situated 4 km southeast of Balsa.

Pópulo

Village

Photo: Reis Quarteu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pópulo is a village, which is situated 8 km east of Balsa.

Balsa

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Vila Verde, Alijó, Vila Real District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

41.35225° or 41° 21′ 8″ north

Longitude

-7.58965° or 7° 35′ 23″ west

Elevation

575 metres (1,886 feet)

Open location code

8CHJ9C26+V4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9980881032

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

8378831

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