Montemor-o-Novo

Montemor-o-Novo
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Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Alentejo Central
District :	Évora
Concelho :	Montemor-o-Novo
Coordinates :	38 ° 39 ′  N , 8 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 39 ′  N , 8 ° 13 ′  W
Residents:	17,437 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	1 232.96  km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	14 inhabitants per km²
Montemor-o-Novo district
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Residents:	17,437 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	1 232.96  km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	14 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	7th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Montemor-o-Novo Largo dos Paços do Concelho 7050-127 Montemor-o-Novo
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Hortensia Menino ( CDU )
Website:	www.cm-montemornovo.pt

Montemor-o-Novo is a city ​​in the Alentejo region of Portugal . The city is located about 80 km east of the capital Lisbon and about 30 km west of the Unesco city of Évora . To the southwest lies the Serra de Monfurado nature reserve . The church holiday is celebrated on March 8, according to John of God .

history

Stone Age traces can be found in the nearby Anta da Chaminé .

Montemor-o-Novo managed to maintain administrative rights ( "foral") for the first time by King Sancho I in 1203 , renewed in 1503 in the management of renewals by I. King Manuel Sancho called by the Moors conquered city Montemor-o-Novo as opposed to the more northerly Montemor, now called Montemor-o-Velho .

The city resisted the French invasion forces under Andoche Junot in 1808 . In 1834 it housed the army command of the troops of Saldanha in the Miguelistenkrieg , and after the Carnation Revolution of 1974 the new regulations for community democratization ( Poder Local Democrático ) and land reform were implemented here more smoothly than in other localities, especially in the north of the country. Montemor-o-Novo received its town charter in 1988 .

administration

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Montemor-o-Novo is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Coruche , Arraiolos , Évora , Viana do Alentejo , Alcácer do Sal , Vendas Novas and Montijo .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from ten to seven.

The following communes ( Freguesias ) are in the Montemor-o-Novo district:

Montemor-o-Novo district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Cabrela	649	192.26	3	070601
Ciborro	714	55.49	13	070607
Cortiçadas de Lavre e Lavre	1,561	213.70	7th	070611
Foros de Vale de Figueira	1,070	67.40	16	070610
Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo e Silveiras	11,568	419.49	28	070612
Santiago do Escoural	1,335	138.70	10	070605
São Cristóvão	540	145.92	4th	070606
Montemor-o-Novo district	17,437	1,232.96	14th	0706

Population development

Population in Montemor-o-Novo County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
8,027	9,614	16.601	29.005	37,328	20,210	18,632	18,578	17,409

Municipal holiday

• 8th of March

Town twinning

•  Italy : Pontedera
•  Portugal : Marinha Grande
•  Portugal : Fundão
•  Cape Verde : Tarrafal (Cooperation Agreement)
•  Portugal : Vila Real de Santo António (in preparation)

Economy and Infrastructure

The regional economy is characterized by agriculture, forestry and livestock farming. The most important production goods are wine , olive oil , cork and honey . Through the cultivation of the cork oak and cattle breeding , companies such as cork processors and leather manufacturers have settled.

traffic

Disused train station in Montemor-o-Novo

The following transport connections exist:

• approx. 2 km to the motorway A6 / IP7 / E90 "Autoestrada Marateca-Caia", which is the most important west-east connection between Lisbon and Spain .

Two federal highways run through the town:

• The federal road N4 runs from the west from Montijo , further northwest to Elvas and shortly before the Spanish border merges into the A6 motorway .
• Coming from the north from Caldas da Rainha (above Lisbon ) the N114 runs through the village to Évora .

Rail connection:

• The siding Ramal de Montemor-o-Novo of the Portuguese railway company was in 1988 shut down . Only the old train station still reminds of the time when Montemor-a-Novo was connected to the Linha do Alentejo railway line. Today passengers have to go to Vendas Novas , about 25 km away , to take a train to Lisbon or Beja .

Bus connection:

• Montemor-o-Novo is integrated into the national long-distance bus network of Rede Expressos .

media

Folha de Montemor: bi-monthly newspaper, circulation: 1,800

Culture and sights

Buildings

Town square with the Igreja do Calvário

Part of the castle complex

• Igreja do Calvário
• John of God Monastery ( Convento de São João de Deus ) with the city library and gallery as well as the historical archive and the crypt of Saint John of God .
• Misericórdia Church ( Igreja da Misericórdia ): The entrance portal in Manueline style, the side altars from the 17th century and the organ from the 18th century by the Italian master D. Pascoal Caetano Olduvini are worth seeing.
• St. Domingo Monastery ( Convento of São Domingo ) with the Archaeological Museum.
• Saudação Monastery ( Convento da Saudação ): Worth seeing are the tiles in the entrance area from 1651 and the cloister .
• Montemor-o-Novo castle complex with the watchman's house and the bell tower in the entrance area. The castle walls to the north have been completely preserved.
• City park and public swimming pool.

Personalities

• John of God (1495–1550), actually João Ciudad Duarte  : saint, founder of the Order of the Brothers of Mercy .
• Almeida Faria (* 1943), writer
• Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (* 1951), politician
• Hugo Filipe da Silva Cunha (1977-2005), football player .

Web links

Commons : Montemor-o-Novo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Side of the Município
• Photo collection from Montemor-o-Novo

societies

• Sao Domingos Choir (in English)
• Montemor-o-Novo Bull Drivers Association (in Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
5. ↑ www.anmp.pt , accessed on February 2, 2013
6. ↑ ^{a b} Homepage Virtual Portugal Montemor-o-Novo (in English).