| Montemor-o-Novo | |
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| Coordinates: 38°39′N 8°13′W / 38.650°N 8.217°W / 38.650; -8.217 | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Alentejo |
| Intermunic. comm. | Alentejo Central |
| District | Évora |
| Parishes | 7 |
| Government | |
| • President | Olímpio Manuel Vidigal Galvão (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,232.97 km (476.05 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 17,437 |
| • Density | 14/km (37/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | Saint John of God March 8 |
| Website | www |
Montemor-o-Novo (Portuguese pronunciation: [mõtɨˈmɔɾ u ˈnovu] ) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,437, in an area of 1232.97 km. The city itself had a population of 8,928 in 2001.
The present mayor is Olímpio Manuel Vidigal Galvão, elected in 2021 by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is March 8, after Saint John of God, a 16th-century saint, who was born in Montemor-o-Novo.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):
- Cabrela
- Ciborro
- Cortiçadas de Lavre e Lavre
- Foros de Vale de Figueira
- Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo e Silveiras
- Santiago do Escoural
- São Cristóvão
Gallery
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The city castle.
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Town square.
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The local landscape.
Notable people
- Vasco Gil Sodré (c.1450 — c.1500) a Portuguese navigator, early settler of the Azores island of Graciosa
- Saint John of God (1495–1550) a canonized Portuguese soldier turned health-care worker in Spain, whose followers later formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God.
- Fernando Martins Mascarenhas (c.1548 – 1628) a scholar, theologian, and church leader
- Maria Clara Correia Alves (1869–1948) a Portuguese feminist, co-founder of the National Council of Portuguese Women
- Kalidás Barreto (1932–2020), trade unionist.
- Luís Capoulas Santos (born 1951) a Portuguese politician and Govt. Minister
- Ai Weiwei (born 1957), Chinese contemporary artist and activist
References
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
- ^ "St. John of God" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 08. 1910.
- Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 77-78" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- "Adeodato Barreto, a família e os amigos" (PDF). Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra. p. 2. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- Newell-Hanson, Alice (12 April 2021). "Furry Friends: The Joy Ai Weiwei Gets From His Cats". T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
External links
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