Abrantes

Abrantes
Basic data
Region :	Centro
Sub-region :	Médio Tejo
District :	Santarém
Concelho :	Abrantes
Coordinates :	39 ° 28 ′ N , 8 ° 12 ′ W Coordinates: 39 ° 28 ′ N , 8 ° 12 ′ W
Residents:	39,325 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	714.69 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	55 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2200
Abrantes county
Residents:	39,325 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	714.69 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	55 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	13
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Abrantes ; Praça Raimundo Soares ; 2200-366 Abrantes
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Maria do Céu Albuquerque ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-abrantes.pt

Abrantes [ ɐˈbɾɐ̃tɯʃ ] is a city in Portugal with about 14,800 inhabitants.

View of Abrantes

geography

Abrantes is on a hill on the Tagus River ; the city dominates the entire valley from Belver ( Gavião district ) in the west to Constância .

history

The castle ( Castelo ) in Abrantes

The city is believed to be of Celtiberian origin. The name comes from the Latin word Aurantes (from Aurum , gold), which was related to the local gold finds in the Tejo.

It was a Moorish village until it fell to the young Kingdom of Portugal in the course of the Reconquista in 1148 . Its conqueror, Portugal's first king D. Afonso Henriques , gave Abrantes its first town charter in 1179, which was confirmed by D. Afonso II in 1217. King D. Dinis had the fortress renewed and a tower built. In 1385, the later King D. João I set out from here for the Battle of Aljubarrota , which sealed Portugal's independence. In 1518 King D. Manuel I granted Abrantes renewed city rights. During the Restoration War (1640–1668), Abrantes recognized in 1641, as one of the first cities after Lisbon, D. João IV as the new King of Portugal. This then gave Abrantes the title Notável Vila de Abrantes (German about: special small town of Abrantes) and made it an independent district, by hiving off the Tomar district.

Alleys in the historic old town

In 1771 Prime Minister Marquês de Pombal had mulberry trees planted here and ordered the production of silk here . In 1789 Abrantes was expanded into a garrison town. During the first of the three Napoleonic invasions , the French general Andoche Junot came through Abrantes in 1807, which then resisted the second and third French conquests in the following years as the quarters of Portuguese-British units.

In 1863 the railway with the Linha do Leste reached the city, which had previously been important as a military base and river port. As a result, trade and industry moved away from the city, sometimes to upstream communities. Abrantes also increasingly lost its importance as a military town with the withdrawal of units and facilities. Today the city only has a symbolic garrison and training facilities for the Portuguese armed forces .

In 1909 Abrantes received a nationwide electricity network and in 1916 was elevated to a city ( Cidade ). A comprehensive urban development plan for Abrantes was drawn up for the first time in 1947, and the Swiss city planner de Groër was commissioned.

administration

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Abrantes is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Santarém district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 39,325 inhabitants on an area of 714.7 km².

The neighboring districts are Vila de Rei , Sardoal and Mação in the north, Gavião in the east, Ponte de Sor in the south and Chamusca , Constância , Vila Nova da Barquinha and Tomar in the west .

As of September 2013, the Abrantes district will be made up of 13 municipalities:

Abrantes county

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Abrantes (São Vicente e São João) e Alferrarede	17.205	64.47	267	140120
Aldeia do Mato e Souto	859	44.77	19th	140121
Alvega e Concavada	2.152	75.85	28	140122
Bemposta	1,795	187.45	10	140104
Carvalhal	722	17.54	41	140119
Fontes	627	28.49	22nd	140118
Martinchel	604	17.07	35	140105
Mouriscas	1,832	35.02	52	140106
Pego	2,431	36.05	67	140107
Rio de Moinhos	1,202	20.03	60	140108
São Facundo e Vale das Mós	1,515	104.91	14th	140123
São Miguel do Rio Torto e Rossio ao Sul do Tejo	4,881	58.94	83	140124
Tramagal	3,500	24.10	145	140115
Abrantes county	39,325	714.69	55	1401

The municipalities of the Municípios Abrantes since 2013

Of these, Abrantes is a city consisting of the municipalities of São João and São Vicente . The municipality of Tramagal has the status of a small town ( Vila ).

Population development

Abrantes county population (1801-2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
17 796	17 790	27 453	39 327	51 869	48 653	45 697	42 235	39 362

Municipal holiday

14th June

Town twinning

France Parthenay , France
Cape Verde São Nicolau , Cape Verde
Japan Hitoyoshi , Japan
East Timor Bobonaro , East Timor (since 2011)
Spain Arnedo , Spain
Germany Weinstadt , Germany
Romania Mioveni , Romania

A Talgo III from the Spanish RENFE in 1993 in Abrantes station, when two daily train connections between Madrid and Lisbon stopped here

traffic

Abrantes is on the Linha da Beira Baixa railway line . The place was also the first station on the Linha do Leste railway line , which led to the border with Spain in Badajoz . In 2012, CP stopped all passenger traffic on the Linha do Leste and has only continued the route for freight traffic since then.

The city is on the A23 motorway .

Abrantes is integrated into the national long-distance bus network of Rede Expressos .

sons and daughters of the town

Louis (Luís) of Portugal (1506–1555), son of King Manuel I.
António Leal Moreira (1758–1819), composer
António Florêncio de Sousa Pinto (1818–1890), politician, military and author, 1877 Minister of War
Taborda (1824–1909), actor
Manuel Augusto Soares Valejo (1861–1943), doctor and aristocratic military
João Damas (1871–1938), doctor and Republican politician
Manuel Rodrigues Júnior (1889–1946), lawyer and university professor, multiple minister, especially in the Estado Novo regime
Manuel Marques Esparteiro (1893–1984), mathematician at the University of Coimbra , brother of Joaquims and Antónios Marques Esparteiros
Joaquim Marques Esparteiro (1895–1976), naval officer, 1951–1956 Governor of Macau
António Botto (1897–1959), poet, homosexual writer
António Marques Esparteiro (1898–1976), naval officer, lexicographer and historian
Luís Silva (1902–1963), Olympic rider
António Rosa Casaco (1915–2006), secret agent of the PIDE , responsible for the murder of Humberto Delgado in 1965
José Alberty Correia (1917–2011), officer and colonial administrator
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1930–2004), chemical engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Portugal from 1979 to 1980
Manuel Faria (1930–2004), athlete, first Portuguese winner of the international New Year's Eve run in São Paulo , Brazil
Eduardo Catroga (* 1942), economist and manager, 1993–1995 Minister of Economic Affairs
Fernando Madrinha (* 1952), journalist
João José Alves Dias (* 1957), historian and university professor
Hugo Alexandre Esteves Costa (* 1973), soccer player (in Germany 2003-2005 with Rot-Weiß Oberhausen )
Nuno Janeiro (* 1977), model and actor since 2013 through his role as a priest in the telenovela Bem-vindos a Beirais known
Marco António Cadete Marques (* 1978), football player