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 1232.97km2.[2] The city itself had a population of 8,928 in 2001.[3]
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]
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
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