Montemor-o-Novo

Montemor-o-Novo (Portuguese pronunciation: [mõtɨˈmɔɾ u ˈnovu] (listen)) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,437,[1] in an area of 1232.97 km².[2] The city itself had a population of 8,928 in 2001.[3]

Montemor-o-Novo
Municipality
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Coat of arms
Coordinates: 38°39′N 8°13′W
Country Portugal
RegionAlentejo
Intermunic. comm.Alentejo Central
DistrictÉvora
Parishes7
Government
 • PresidentHortênsia Menino (CDU)
Area
 • Total1,232.97 km2 (476.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total17,437
 • Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holidaySaint John of God
March 8
Websitehttp://www.cm-montemornovo.pt

The present Mayor is Hortênsia Menino, elected by the Unitarian Democratic Coalition. 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):[4]

  • The city castle.
  • Town square.
  • The local landscape.
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References
  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
  4. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 77-78" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.


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