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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
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 38°39′N 8°13′W
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo
Intermunic. comm.	Alentejo Central
District	Évora
Parishes	7
Government
• President	Olímpio Manuel Vidigal Galvão (PS)
Area
• Total	1,232.97 km2 (476.05 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	17,437
• Density	14/km2 (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.cm-montemornovo.pt

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,[4] a 16th-century saint, who was born in Montemor-o-Novo.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):[5]

• 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.[4]
• 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.[6]
• Luís Capoulas Santos (born 1951) a Portuguese politician and Govt. Minister
• Ai Weiwei (born 1957), Chinese contemporary artist and activist[7]

References

External links

• Town Hall official website
• Photos from Montemor-o-Novo

На других языках

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[ru] Монтемор-у-Нову

Монтемо́р-у-Но́ву (порт. Montemor-o-Novo; [mõtɨ'mɔɾ u 'novu]) — город в Португалии, центр одноимённого муниципалитета округа Эвора. Численность населения — 12 тыс. жителей (город), 18,5 тыс. жителей (муниципалитет). Город и муниципалитет входит в регион Алентежу и субрегион Алентежу-Сентрал. По старому административному делению входил в провинцию Алту-Алентежу.

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