Elvas

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Elvas
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 38°52′N 7°09′W / 38.867°N 7.150°W / 38.867; -7.150
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.	Alto Alentejo
District	Portalegre
Parishes	7
Government
• President	José António Rondão Almeida (PS)
Area
• Total	631.29 km2 (243.74 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	23,078
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	January 14
Website	http://www.cm-elvas.pt

Elvas

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Walls and fortifications of Elvas
Official name	Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications
Location	Elvas, Portalegre District, Alentejo, Portugal
Criteria	Cultural: (iv)
Reference	1367bis
Inscription	2012 (36th Session)
Extensions	2013
Area	179.356 ha (443.20 acres)
Buffer zone	690 ha (1,700 acres)
Coordinates	38°52′50.23″N 7°9′47.96″W / 38.8806194°N 7.1633222°W / 38.8806194; -7.1633222
Location of Elvas in Portugal

Elvas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛlvɐʃ] ^ⓘ) is a Portuguese municipality, former episcopal city and frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal, located in the district of Portalegre in Alentejo. It is situated about 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Lisbon, and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the Spanish fortress of Badajoz, by the Madrid-Badajoz-Lisbon railway. The municipality population as of 2011^[update] was 23,078,^[1] in an area of 631.29 square kilometres (243.74 sq mi).^[2] The city itself had a population of 16,640 as of 2011^[update].^[3]

Elvas is among the finest examples of intensive usage of the trace italienne (star fort) in military architecture, and has been a World Heritage Site since 30 June 2012. The inscribed site name is Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications.