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Benavente (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɨnɐˈvẽt(ɨ)] (listen)) is a municipality and parish in Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 29,019,[1] in an area of 521.38 km².[2]

Benavente
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 38°58′N 8°48′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.	Lezíria do Tejo
District	Santarém
Parishes	4
Government
• President	Carlos Coutinho (CDU)
Area
• Total	521.38 km2 (201.31 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	29,019
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holiday	Ascension Day (date varies)
Website	http://www.cm-benavente.pt

History

In 1199 the fixation of foreign settlers on the left bank of the Tagus River created a Town on a peninsula in the tagus estuary. Situated in the western limits of Coruche castle dominion, subordinate to the Order of Calatrava. This small settlement remained under the Seignory of this Military Order, which named it Benavente, the same name as a castle of the same Military order in the Kingdom of León (Benavente, Zamora). It received its foral on March 25, 1200, given by D. Paio (or Pelágio), master of the Military Order of Santa Maria of Évora. The foral was confirmed in Santarém in 1218 by Sancho I. King Manuel gave it a new foral on January 16, 1516.

The present Mayor is Carlos Coutinho, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition (Communist and Green coalition).

Benavente is crossed by National Road 118, which divides the town's historical centre on the west side, destroyed by an earthquake on 27 April 1909, and the new town built after the quake on the east.

The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.

Economy

Agriculture, livestock farming, forestry, and food industries are the main activities. The Companhia das Lezírias is headquartered in the municipality, in Samora Correia.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

• Barrosa
• Benavente
• Samora Correia
• Santo Estêvão

Notable people

• Maria João Bastos (born 1975) a Portuguese actress, best known in Brazil.[4]
• Filipe Morais (born 1985) a UK based footballer with over 370 club caps
• João Barradas (born 1992) a Portuguese accordionist and composer
• Gonçalo Guedes (born 1996) is footballer with over 180 club caps and 23 for Portugal

References

External links

• Town Hall official website
• Photos from Benavente

На других языках

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- [en] Benavente, Portugal

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[es] Benavente (Portugal)

Benavente es una villa portuguesa del distrito de Santarém, en Ribatejo, con cerca de 8300 habitantes. Desde 2002 está integrada en la región estadística (NUTS II) del Alentejo y en la subregión estadística (NUTS III) de la Lezíria do Tejo; hasta entonces formaba parte de la antigua región de Lisboa y Valle del Tajo. Pertenecía a la antigua provincia del Ribatejo, hoy sin embargo sin ninguna validez política-administrativa.

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[ru] Бенавенти (Сантарен)

Бенаве́нти (порт. Benavente; [bɨnɐ'vẽt(ɨ)]) — посёлок в Португалии, центр одноимённого муниципалитета в составе округа Сантарен. Численность населения — 8,3 тыс. жителей (посёлок), 27,1 тыс. жителей (муниципалитет). Муниципалитет входит в экономико-статистический регион Алентежу и субрегион Лезирия-ду-Тежу. По старому административному делению входил в провинцию Рибатежу.

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