Mora (Portugal)

Mora
Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Alto Alentejo
District :	Évora
Concelho :	Mora
Coordinates :	38 ° 57 ′ N , 8 ° 10 ′ W Coordinates: 38 ° 57 ′ N , 8 ° 10 ′ W
Residents:	2522 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	127.7 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	20 inhabitants per km²
Mora County
Residents:	4978 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	443.96 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	11 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	4th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Mora ; Rua do Município ; 7490-243 Mora
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Dipl. Ing.Luís Simão de Matos ( CDU )
Website:	www.cm-mora.pt

Mora is a small town ( Vila ) and a district ( Concelho ) in Portugal with 2522 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The Igreja da Misericórdia de Mora church

history

After the Reconquista in Portugal, the Portuguese branch of the Order of Calatrava , later the Order of Avis , received the area for settlement in 1211 . Mora was in 1519 the first town charter by King Manuel I. The Anta 1 da Herdade da Ordem is located in the district of Mora.

administration

The town hall of Mora

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Mora is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Ponte de Sor , Avis , Sousel , Arraiolos and Coruche .

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Mora district:

Mora County

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Brotas	451	83.21	5	070701
Cabeção	1,073	47.43	23	070702
Mora	2,522	127.70	20th	070703
Pavia	932	185.62	5	070704
Mora County	4,978	443.96	11	0707

growth of population

Population in Mora County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
735	2,834	5 425	8 530	10 276	7 056	6 588	5 788	4,978

Municipal holiday

Easter Monday

Historic train station of Mora

traffic

Until the line was closed in 1988, the place was connected to the country's rail network via the Ramal de Mora railway line . Cycle paths have now been laid out on the former railway lines .

The national road N2 leads from Mora about 40 km south to the A6 motorway at Montemor-o-Novo . The N251 national road, which also passes through Mora, connects the town with Vimieiro, about 35 km to the east, and Coruche , about 40 km to the west, both of which are on the N4.

sons and daughters of the town

Manuel Ribeiro de Pavia (1910–1957), neo-realistic painter and illustrator
João Paciência (* 1943), architect
José Croca (* 1944), university professor, quantum physicist
José Vultos Sequeira (* 1945), writer

Web links

Commons : Mora, Portugal - collection of images, videos and audio files

Map of the Freguesia Mora (Portugal) at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
Official website

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
↑ ^a ^b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed on August 24, 2013

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_PT_070703-1] www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[Fläche-2] Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_PT_0707-3] www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística

[4] www.verportugal.net , accessed on August 24, 2013