Montoito

Montoito
coat of arms map
Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Alentejo Central
District :	Évora
Concelho :	Redondo
Coordinates :	38 ° 31 ′  N , 7 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 31 ′  N , 7 ° 36 ′  W
Residents:	1298 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	61.71 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	21 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7200-053
politics
Mayor :	Francisco Ramalho Baptista Claré (MICRE citizen list)
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Montoito Rua da Cadeia, 4 7200-053 Montoito

Montoito is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Redondo . It has 1298 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

The place was founded by the Order of Malta in 1270 as part of the settlement policy after the Reconquista . King Manuel I raised the town to a small town (Vila) in 1517 and made it the seat of a separate district (concelho). In the course of the administrative reforms after the Liberal Revolution in 1822 , the Montoito district was dissolved and Redondo was incorporated.

administration

Montoito is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ). There are three villages in the municipality:

• Aldeias de Montoito
• Falcoeiras
• Montoito

Web links

• Page about Montoito (as blog)
• Community website (Blog of the Montoito School Center)

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. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
3. ↑ History page of the district website ( memento of the original from November 6, 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 on August 31, 2013