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Fronteira
Municipality
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Coordinates: 39°03′N 7°38′W / 39.050°N 7.633°W / 39.050; -7.633
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.	Alto Alentejo
District	Portalegre
Parishes	3
Government
• President	Rogério Silva (PSD)
Area
• Total	248.60 km (95.98 sq mi)
Population
• Total	3,410
• Density	14/km (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	April 6
Website	www.cm-fronteira.pt

Fronteira (pronounced [fɾõˈtɐjɾɐ] ) is a municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,410, in an area of 248.60 km.

The present Mayor is Rogério David Sádio da Silva, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is April 6.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (freguesias):

• Cabeço de Vide
• Fronteira
• São Saturnino

Notable people

• Manuel Cardoso (1566–1650) a Portuguese composer and organist.
• Bartolomeo Riberi (1640–1702) a Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nicotera, 1691–1702

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
3. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 52" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2014.

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