Abrantes

Abrantes
Municipality
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Coordinates: 39°27′48″N 8°11′51″W / 39.46333°N 8.19750°W / 39.46333; -8.19750
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Intermunic. comm.	Médio Tejo
District	Santarém
Parishes	13
Government
• President	Manuel Jorge Valamatos (PS)
Area
• Total	714.69 km2 (275.94 sq mi)
Highest elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
Lowest elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	39,325
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Postal code	2200
Area code	292
Patron	São Vicente/São João
Website	http://www.cm-abrantes.pt

Abrantes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈβɾɐ̃tɨʃ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the central Médio Tejo subregion of Portugal. The population as of 2011^[update] was 39,325,^[1] in an area of 714.69 square kilometres (275.94 sq mi).^[2] The municipality includes several parishes divided by the Tagus River, which runs through the middle of the municipality. The urbanized part, the parish of Abrantes (São Vicente e São João) e Alferrarede, located on the north bank of the Tagus, has about 17,000 residents.