Montemor-o-Novo
Montemor-o-Novo, officially the City of Montemor-o-Novo (Cidade de Montemor-o-Novo), is a city and municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,437, in an area of 1232.97 km 2. The city itself had a population of 8,928 in 2001.
Montemor-o-Novo

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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.
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Montemor-o-Novo is a place documented in the authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Montemor-o-Novo as an inhabited place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Évora as the administrative unit of Montemor-o-Novo.

Montemor-o-Novo - Portugal
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Key facts
Key facts
• Type — municipality • Name — Montemor-o-Novo • Official Name — City of Montemor-o-Novo • 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 — http: www.cm-montemornovo.pt
Parishes
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias): • 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
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• Illustration — The city castle. • Illustration — Town square. • Illustration — The local landscape.
Notable people
Notable people
• Illustration — Saint John of God • 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. • 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. • Luís Capoulas Santos (born 1951) a Portuguese politician and Govt. Minister • Ai Weiwei (born 1957), Chinese contemporary artist and activist
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- 1.Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- 2.Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país.
- 3.UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
- 4.Diário da República. Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 77-78.
- 5.St. John of God. 08.
- 6.Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra. Adeodato Barreto, a família e os amigos. 2.
- 7.Newell-Hanson, Alice. Furry Friends: The Joy Ai Weiwei Gets From His Cats. T: The New York Times Style Magazine. 12 April 2021.
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