Idanha-a-Nova

Idanha-a-Nova is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco (sub-region: Beira Baixa), covering 1,416 km² in 13 parishes. 56 % 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 114 villages (groups of at least 10 buildings); the largest are Idanha-a-Nova, Zebreira and Penha Garcia. 18 of them have forest land on more than half of the 100 m strip around them, among them Lagar de Junho, Monsanto and Carroqueiro.