# Cedillo

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{{For|the court case pertaining to the discredited link between vaccines and autism|Cedillo v. Secretary of Health and Human Services}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type = municipality
| official_name = Cedillo
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| image_skyline= Cedillo MMXIX 03.jpg
| image_flag = Bandera de Cedillo (Cáceres).svg 
| image_shield = Escudo de Cedillo (Cáceres).svg 
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| subdivision_type = Country 
| subdivision_name = [Spain](/source/Spain) 
| subdivision_type1 = [Autonomous community](/source/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain) 
| subdivision_name1 = [Extremadura](/source/Extremadura) 
| subdivision_type2 = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Spain) 
| subdivision_name2 = [Cáceres](/source/C%C3%A1ceres_(province)) 
| subdivision_type3 = [Municipality](/source/List_of_municipalities_in_C%C3%A1ceres) 
| subdivision_name3 = Cedillo 
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| elevation_m = 270 
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| timezone = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) 
| utc_offset = +1 
| timezone_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) 
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'''Cedillo''' ({{langx|pt|Cedilho}}) is a town and municipality in the Spanish [province of Cáceres](/source/province_of_C%C3%A1ceres), in the autonomous community of [Extremadura](/source/Extremadura). The municipality has a population of {{Population WD}}.

== Languages ==
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The town is close to the border with [Portugal](/source/Portugal). Although the official language is [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language), the traditional local dialect is a variety of [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language), ''Cedilheiro''. The Portuguese spoken in Cedillo is not standard Portuguese but is instead derived from an archaic Portuguese dialect which arrived in the 18th century. It is similar to the [Alentejan dialect](/source/Alentejan_Portuguese) of Portuguese spoken in the [neighbouring area](/source/Alentejo) of Portugal.

Portuguese is spoken in Cedillo because most of the first inhabitants were Portuguese colonists who arrived in the 18th century. In addition, in Cedillo, speaking Spanish was considered an act of pedantry and a symbol of social and economic status. The children who could attend school spoke Spanish because they learned it in school, but they still spoke Portuguese in their homes.

In the modern day, older people mostly speak Portuguese, while young people speak Spanish but understand both languages. Cedilheiro is in danger of becoming [extinct](/source/Language_death) under pressure from Spanish.

== Economy ==
The local workforce is primarily employed in agriculture and livestock farming. Some residents also engage in temporary work for the municipal government, which benefits from substantial tax revenues generated by the [Tagus](/source/Tagus) reservoir and its [hydroelectric power station](/source/hydroelectric_power_station), constructed in the 1960s, as well as from [photovoltaic facilities](/source/Photovoltaics) established in 2023.<ref>{{cite web
|last        = 
|first       = 
|date        = 
|title       = Historia Ayuntamiento de Cedillo
|url         = https://www.cedillo.es/
|trans-title = History of Cedillo's Townhall
|website     = Cedillo Government website
|language    = Spanish
|location    = 
|publisher   = Spanish government
|access-date = 7 June 2025
}} </ref>

==See also==
* [List of municipalities in Cáceres](/source/List_of_municipalities_in_C%C3%A1ceres)

==References==
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Category:Municipalities in the Province of Cáceres

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