Cabanas de Viriato
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  Cabanas de Viriato Location in Portugal | |
| Coordinates: 40°28′26″N 7°58′41″W / 40.474°N 7.978°W / 40.474; -7.978 | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Centro |
| Intermunic. comm. | Viseu Dão Lafões |
| District | Viseu |
| Municipality | Carregal do Sal |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.47 km2 (8.29 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)
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| • Total | 1,457 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Postal code |
3430-600
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Cabanas de Viriato is a town in the Carregal do Sal Municipality, Dão-Lafões Subregion of the Viseu District, in the Centro RegionofPortugal. The population in 2011 was 1,533,[1] in an area of 21.47 km2.[2]
Cabanas de Viriato is located on a plateau in the former Beira Alta region facing south., between the Serra do Caramulo and the Serra da Estrela. The town is about 30 kilometres from the district capital of Viseu and about 10 kilometres from Carregal do Sal.
In the older neighbourhoods of Cabanas de Viriato passes a small stream where several fountains have been built and the same stream, flows into the Ribeira de Cabanas, which rises near the town of Laceiras. This village is located to the east of Cabanas de Viriato and is about 350 metres above sea level.
Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat helped up to 30 000 war refugees escape to Portugal from invading German military forces in the early years of World War II, Cabanas de Viriato is his birthplace and hometown.
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