GAVIÃO
N 39.46592; W 7.93774
It is the seat of a municipality with 294.59 km² of area and 4 132 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 4 parishes. The municipality is limited to the west and north by the municipality of Mação, to the east by Nisa, to the southeast by Crato, to the southwest by Ponte de Sor, and to the west by Abrantes.
It constituted an important possession of the Order of Malta or the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, Rhodes, and Malta, as this ancient religious and military order was once called. That is why the municipal coat of arms bears the cross of the Order of Malta on the entire field of the shield.
Gavião is an essentially agricultural municipality now and as always. Its population maintains many of the rural features that made its history and ethnography. The craftsmanship there is proving it, as well as a rich, varied and tasty regional cuisine.
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ATALAIA (GAVIÃO)
N 39.45409; W 7.87429
Atalaia is an old Portuguese parish in the municipality of Gavião, with an area of 19.44 km² and 138 inhabitants. Its population density was 7.1 inhabitants / km².
