Vila Viçosa

Vila Viçosa is a municipality in the district of Évora (sub-region: Alentejo Central), covering 195 km² in 4 parishes. 41 % 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 42 villages (groups of at least 10 buildings); the largest are Vila Viçosa, Bencatel and Ciladas (São Romão). 2 of them have forest land on more than half of the 100 m strip around them.