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Vila Nova da Barquinha is a municipality in the district of Santarém (sub-region: Médio Tejo), covering 50 km² in 4 parishes. 66 % 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 38 villages (groups of at least 10 buildings); the largest are Vila Nova da Barquinha, Atalaia and Praia do Ribatejo. 9 of them have forest land on more than half of the 100 m strip around them.

Parcels with a clearing duty
1,340 of 2,947 parcels
Share of the municipality with mapped parcels
Area to clear (mapped parcels)
308 ha
Villages
38