Montemor-o-Novo

Montemor-o-Novo
Flag of Montemor-o-Novo
Coat of arms of Montemor-o-Novo
Coordinates: 38°39′N 8°13′W / 38.650°N 8.217°W / 38.650; -8.217
Country Portugal
RegionAlentejo
Intermunic. comm.Alentejo Central
DistrictÉvora
Parishes7
Government
 • PresidentOlímpio Manuel Vidigal Galvão (PS)
Area
 • Total1,232.97 km2 (476.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total17,437
 • Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Local holidaySaint John of God
March 8
Websitewww.cm-montemornovo.pt

Montemor-o-Novo (Portuguese pronunciation: [mõtɨˈmɔɾ u ˈnovu] ) 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]

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.

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  3. ^ UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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