Cernache do Bonjardim
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| Region : | Centro | |||||
| Sub-region : | Médio Tejo | |||||
| District : | Castelo Branco | |||||
| Concelho : | Sertã | |||||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 49 ′ N , 8 ° 11 ′ W | |||||
| Residents: | 3055 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
| Surface: | 71.59 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
| Population density : | 43 inhabitants per km² | |||||
| Postal code : | 6100-221 | |||||
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| Mayor : | Diamantino Calado Pina | |||||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Junta de Freguesia de Cernache do Bonjardim Rua 5 de Janeiro 6100-221 Cernache do Bonjardim |
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| Website: | www.jf-cernachebonjardim.pt | |||||
Cernache do Bonjardim is a small town ( vila ) in Portugal.
history
The community was founded in 1555 as São Sebastião de Cernache do Bonjardim . The place was long considered one of the largest villages in Portugal until it was elevated to a small town (Vila) on August 20, 1995 .
administration
Cernache do Bonjardim is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Sertã in the Castelo Branco district . It has 3,055 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).
The longstanding chairman of the local council (Presidente da Junta de Freguesia) is Diamantino Calado Pina (1997–2001, 2005–2009, 2013–2017).
The following localities are in the municipality:
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Sports
The football club Grupo Desportivo Vitória de Sernache , founded in 1948, plays its home games in the Estádio Municipal Nuno Álveres Pereira, a municipal stadium with a capacity of 4,500 . The first men's team played in the 2012/13 season in the top division of the Castelo Branco district. Men's and women's futsal are also important to the club.
sons and daughters of the town
As the birthplace of the saint and national hero Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360–1431), the parish is a famous pilgrimage site in Portugal. The Jesuit Bishop Clemens Joseph Colaco Leitao (1704–1776) and the journalist and author Pedro Rosa Mendes (* 1968) were also born there.
Web links
- Official website of the local government
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ www.monumentos.pt (under Cronologia ), accessed on December 10, 2013
- ↑ Community website ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 10, 2013
- ↑ Grupo Desportivo Vitória de Sernache at www.fussballzz.de, accessed on December 10, 2013
