Montemor-o-Novo
{{Infobox Portuguese subdivision
| type = municipality
| official_name = Montemor-o-Novo
| image_flag = Pt-mmn3.png
| flag_border = no
| image_shield = MMN1.png
| image_skyline = Montemor-o-Novo2.jpg
| image_caption =
|coordinates = {{coord|38|39|N|8|13|W|type:adm1st_region:PT_dim:100000|display=inline,title}}
| image_map = LocalMontemorONovo.svg
|region = Alentejo
|CIM = Alentejo Central
|district = Évora
|parishes = 7
| leader_party = PS
| leader_name = Olímpio Manuel Vidigal Galvão
| area_total_km2 = 1232.97
| population_total = 17,437
| population_as_of = 2011
| holiday = Saint John of God
March 8
| website = {{url|http://www.cm-montemornovo.pt}}
}}
Montemor-o-Novo ({{IPA|pt|mõtɨˈmɔɾ u ˈnovu|-|Pt-pt Montemor-o-Novo FF.ogg}}) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,437,[http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xlang=en&xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0005889&contexto=pi&selTab=tab0 Instituto Nacional de Estatística] in an area of 1232.97 km2.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |title=Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |archive-date=2018-11-05 |url-status=dead }} The city itself had a population of 8,928 in 2001.[http://dev.igeo.pt/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_2.html UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004] Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
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, a 16th-century saint, who was born in Montemor-o-Novo.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 77-78|url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |accessdate=28 July 2014|author=Diário da República|author-link=Diário da República|language=Portuguese}}
- 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
Image:Castelo de Montemor-o-Novo6.jpg|The city castle.
Image:Montemor-o-Novo2.jpg|Town square.
Image:Castelo de Montemor-o-Novo5.jpg|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.{{cite Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle= St. John of God |volume= 08 |short=x}}
- 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.{{Cite web|title=Adeodato Barreto, a família e os amigos.|url=http://www.uc.pt/auc/actividades/ficheiros/Adeodato.pdf|access-date=2014-05-20|publisher=Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra|page=2}}
- Luís Capoulas Santos (born 1951) a Portuguese politician and Govt. Minister
- Ai Weiwei (born 1957), Chinese contemporary artist and activist{{Cite news |last=Newell-Hanson |first=Alice |date=12 April 2021 |title=Furry Friends: The Joy Ai Weiwei Gets From His Cats |work=T: The New York Times Style Magazine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/t-magazine/ai-weiwei-cats.html |access-date=5 July 2021}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.cm-montemornovo.pt/ Town Hall official website]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/vitor107/sets/1419554/ Photos from Montemor-o-Novo]
{{Municipalities of Évora}}
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Category:Municipalities of Évora District
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