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Elvas

municipality in Portugal
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_portugal Q243849
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Summary

Elvas is a municipality of Portugal[1]. Elvas draws 1,877 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of portugal category, ranking #79 of 307).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Officer of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword[3]
  • Member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Portalegre[5], Upper Alentejo[6]
  • Country: Portugal[7]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Guadiana[8]
  • Capital: Elvas[9]
  • Shares border with: Monforte[10], Arronches[11], Campo Maior[12], Badajoz[13], Olivenza[14], Alandroal[15], Vila Viçosa[16], Borba[17]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Assunção, Ajuda, Salvador e Santo Ildefonso[18], Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova[19], Terrugem e Vila Boim[20], Barbacena e Vila Fernando[21], São Brás e São Lourenço[22], Santa Eulália[23], São Vicente e Ventosa[24]
  • Postal code: 7350[25]
  • Commons category: Elvas[26]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[27]
  • Significant event: Siege of Elvas[28]
  • Official website: https://www.cm-elvas.pt/[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Elvas[30]
  • Email address: mailto:geral@cm-elvas.pt[31]
  • Population: 20,706[32]
  • Phone number: +351-268-639-740[33]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[34], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[36], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[37]
  • Official name: Município de Elvas[38]
  • Category for people born here: Q26246859[39]
  • Native label: Elvas[40]
  • Area: 631.29 km²[41]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[42]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Elvas[43]

Why It Matters

Elvas has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Elvas is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

FAQs

What awards did Elvas receive?

Honors received include Officer of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword[3].

Related Entities

Badajoz Govdirectory Olivenza Portugal Reinhold Niebuhr

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . ordens.presidencia.pt. ordens.presidencia.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [4] ↑ . ovpm.org. Retrieved . ovpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . cm-elvas.pt. Retrieved . cm-elvas.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . mapas.ine.pt. Retrieved . mapas.ine.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . cm-elvas.pt. Retrieved . cm-elvas.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . files.dre.pt. files.dre.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . ine.pt. Retrieved . ine.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+631.29'}
    Award received → Officer of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword
    Instance of → —
    Award received → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Coat of arms image: ELV.png, Replacing ELV.png with [[File:Elvas,_Portugal_(coat_of_arms).png]] (by [[:c:User:CommonsDelinker|CommonsDelinker]] because: [[:c:COM:FR|File"
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