{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision |type = parish |official_name = Vimeiro |image_skyline = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_shield = LNH-vimeiro.png |image_location = |region = Oeste e Vale do Tejo |CIM = Oeste |district = Lisbon |municipality = Lourinhã |coordinates = {{coord|39.178|-9.318|type:adm1st_region:PT_dim:50000|display=inline,title}} |elevation = |area_total = 7.08 |population_as_of = 2011 |population_total = 1470 |patron = |area_code = |postal_code = |website = }} '''Vimeiro''' ({{IPA|pt|viˈmɐjɾu}}) is a freguesia (civil parish) in the municipality of Lourinhã in west-central Portugal. It is in the District of Lisboa. The population in 2011 was 1,470,<ref name=ine>[http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=165404348&att_display=n&att_download=y Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)], Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal</ref> in an area of 7.08 km².<ref name=dgt>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |title=Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Vimeiro was the site of the 1808 Battle of Vimeiro, where British forces under the Duke of Wellington defeated the French, ending the first French invasion of Portugal. A monument was dedicated in Vimeiro on August 21, 1908, the 100th anniversary of the battle, by Manuel II of Portugal.
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==External links== *[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Vimeiro.html Columbia Encyclopedia entry]
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Category:Freguesias of Lourinhã
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