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Cantanhede is a municipality in the district of Coimbra (sub-region: Região de Coimbra), covering 391 km² in 15 parishes. 67 % of it is forest land (woodland, scrub or natural pasture, according to the COS 2025 land-cover map): there, the strip around each house is 50 m wide.

The map finds 247 villages (groups of at least 10 buildings); the largest are Febres, Cantanhede and Vilamar. 65 of them have forest land on more than half of the 100 m strip around them, among them Pena, Praia da Tocha and Barracão.

Parcels with a clearing duty
16,036 of 64,781 parcels
Share of the municipality with mapped parcels
Area to clear (mapped parcels)
1,348 ha
Villages
247