Sertã (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨɾˈtɐ̃] (listen)) is a municipality in Castelo Branco District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,880,[1] in an area of 446.73 km².[2]

Sertã
Municipality
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Coordinates: 39.80°N 8.10°W / 39.80; -8.10
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Médio Tejo
District	Castelo Branco
Parishes	10
Government
• President	José Farinha Nunes (PSD)
Area
• Total	446.73 km2 (172.48 sq mi)
Elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,880
• Density	36/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code	6100
Area code	(+351) 274
Local holiday	Birthday of Nuno Álvares Pereira, 24 June
Website	Official website (in Portuguese)

The present mayor is José Farinha Nunes, elected by the PSD. The municipal holiday is the June 24.

General information

Local sports club: Sertanense Futebol Clube (mainly devoted to soccer, playing (2004-2005) the 3rd Division Championship).

Local newspaper: A Comarca da Sertã (weekly)

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 10 civil parishes (freguesias):[3]

Parish name	Population (2011)[1]	Area km2[2]
Cabeçudo	957	10.39
Carvalhal	465	10.02
Castelo	1,046	24.57
Cernache do Bonjardim, Nesperal e Palhais	3,625	101.58
Cumeada e Marmeleiro	731	51.73
Ermida e Figueiredo	423	42.74
Pedrógão Pequeno	753	36.86
Sertã	6,196	80.95
Troviscal	864	53.37
Várzea dos Cavaleiros	820	34.51

Notable people

• Nuno Álvares Pereira (born 1360 in Cernache de Bonjardim - 1431) a Portuguese general, he became a mystic and was beatified by Pope Benedict XV, in 1918, and canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009
• João Castel-Branco Goulão (born 1954 in Cernache do Bonjardim) a physician and the current national drug coordinator for Portugal

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