Aceiro

District: Portalegre · Alto Alentejo

Crato

Legal regime in 2026: DL 82/2021 (sub-regional programme approved)

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Crato is a municipality in the district of Portalegre (sub-region: Alto Alentejo), covering 398 km² in 4 parishes. 59 % 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 31 villages (groups of at least 10 buildings); the largest are Crato, Gáfete and Aldeia da Mata. 2 of them have forest land on more than half of the 100 m strip around them — among them Sume.

Parcels with a clearing duty
1,449 of 3,336 parcels
Share of the municipality with mapped parcels
Area to clear (mapped parcels)
410 ha
Villages
31