Place:Monsanto, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal

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NameMonsanto
TypeFreguesia
Coordinates40.033333°N 7.116667°W
Located inIdanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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Monsanto is a village in the civil parish of Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha, in the municipality of Idanha-a-Nova, District of Castelo Branco, Portugal. In 2011, it covered an area of 131.76 km² and had 828 inhabitants (June 30, 2011). Monsanto would become popularly known as "the most Portuguese village of Portugal" due to a government-sponsored competition that awarded twelve historic villages the distinction of Most Portuguese Village of their own province in 1938.

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