Ponte de Sor

Ponte de Sor
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Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Alto Alentejo
District :	Portalegre
Concelho :	Ponte de Sôr
Coordinates :	39 ° 15 ′  N , 8 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 15 ′  N , 8 ° 1 ′  W
Residents:	8943 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	173.57 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	52 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	7400
politics
Website:	jfpontedesor.no.sapo.pt
District of Ponte de Sor
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Residents:	16,722 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	839.71 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	20 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	5
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Ponte de Sor Largo 25 de Abril 7400-288 Ponte de Sor
President of the Câmara Municipal:	João José de Carvalho Taveira Pinto ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-pontedesor.pt

Ponte de Sor (also Ponte de Sôr ) is a city ( Cidade ) and a district ( concelho ) in Portugal with 16,722 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement. The place was first mentioned in writing as a station on the Roman road passing here , the third military road from Emerita Augusta (today Mérida ) to Olisipo (today Lisbon ). A new construction of the Roman bridge over the Sor River, built in the 19th century, can be seen, and a milestone of the Roman road has also been preserved. The Roman bridge gave the place its name (from Ponte = bridge). Not much is known about the place during the Arab Empire of al-Andalus . Presumably, the present place was repopulated during the Reconquista when the area came to the Knights Templar .

Ponte de Sor received its first town charter in 1199 , according to other sources as early as 1161 , which King Manuel I renewed in the course of his administrative reforms in 1514 .

The previous small town ( Vila ) Ponte de Sor was elevated to a city (Cidade) in 1985 .

Sights, culture and sports

buildings

The monuments of the place include the megalithic complex (port. Anta ) of Cabeceiros, fountains, and various Art Deco and other historical residential and public buildings, including train stations, school buildings, courts, town hall, or the theater and cinema building. A number of sacred buildings are also listed, such as the parish church Igreja Paroquial de Ponte de Sor , also called Igreja de São Francisco de Assis after its patron saint .

The historic center of Ponte de Sor is also a listed building as a whole.

At the Barragem de Montargil reservoir

Cultural sites

The cultural center Centro de Artes e Cultura is set up in a historical building in town. The city museum, city library, various galleries, event rooms and other cultural institutions are housed there on 10,000 m².

sport and freetime

The reservoir of the Montargil dam ( Albufeira da Barragem de Montargil in Portuguese ) offers numerous water sports and swimming opportunities in the district. With the river bath on the extended river promenade Zona Ribeirinha, Ponte de Sor has another natural bathing facility, which also has an outdoor stage, tennis courts and various other sports facilities.

The Eléctrico Futebol Clube, founded in 1929, is considered the most important sports club in the area . His first football team plays in Serie E of the fourth Portuguese league ( IIIª Divisão ) (as of 2012/2013) and plays home games in the municipal Estádio Municipal de Ponte de Sor . The club also has futsal , basketball, swimming, judo and dance departments that are located in the city's sports facilities. These include two sports hall complexes, an indoor sports pool and an outdoor pool, tennis courts, a skate park and other things.

administration

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Ponte de Sor is the administrative seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Gavião , Portalegre , Alter do Chão , Avis , Moura , Coruche , Chamusca and Abrantes .

With the territorial reform in September 2013 , the municipalities ( freguesias ) Ponte de Sor, Tramaga and Vale de Açor were merged to form the new municipality União das Freguesias de Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor . Since then, the district has consisted of the following five municipalities:

District of Ponte de Sor

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Foros de Arrão	919	84.26	11	121304
Galveias	1,061	79.83	13	121301
Longomel	1,228	46.97	26th	121305
Montargil	2,316	296.94	8th	121302
Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor	11.198	331.71	34	121308
District of Ponte de Sor	16,722	839.71	20th	1213

Population development

Population in the Ponte de Sor district (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
1394	3094	8092	9024	12,033	14,200	13,393	18,140	16,691

Municipal holiday

• Easter Monday

economy

Ponte de Sor is one of the main focuses of the Portuguese cork industry . a. Suppliers to the automotive and aviation industries are based here. Traditional handicrafts are also made here, especially from cork and wicker .

Tourism only plays a subordinate role, but has gained in importance as individual tourism , for example with camping sites, family hotels, and rural tourism hostels set up in historical buildings . One of the main attractions is the reservoir of the Montargil dam .

The Ponte de Sor train station

traffic

Ponte de Sor is a station on the Linha do Leste railway line . Since the cessation of passenger traffic on the route in January 2012, the place can no longer be reached by train.

Ponte de Sor is part of the national bus network of Rede Expressos .

The junction of the A23 motorway in Abrantes, about 40 km to the north-west, can be reached via the N2 national road from Ponte de Sor . The national road N244 leads about 55 km north to junction 13 of the A23 at Domingos da Vinha.

The Aeródromo Municipal de Ponte de Sor , which was previously mainly used as a sports airfield, will be expanded into a regional airport.

sons and daughters of the town

• José Marques Godinho (1881–1947), Portuguese general in World War I, opposition member of the Salazar dictatorship
• Vera Jardim (* 1939), lawyer and socialist politician, Minister of Justice in Guterre's first government (1995–1999)
• Edite Espadinha (* 1972), journalist
• José Luís Peixoto (* 1974 in Galveias), writer
• Pedro Lopes Martins (* 1978 in Montargil), writer

Web links

Commons : Ponte de Sor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Ponte de Sor at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. ↑ ^{a b} www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 25, 2013
5. ^ João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras . 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 206 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
6. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed July 25, 2013
7. ↑ History page of the district website ( memento of the original from September 19, 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 July 25, 2013 
8. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on July 25, 2013
9. ↑ ditto
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12. ↑ ditto
13. ^ Website of the city administration ( Memento of the original from May 23, 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 July 25, 2013 
14. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed July 25, 2013
15. ↑ The municipal sports facilities on the district website ( Memento of the original from August 27, 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 July 25, 2013 
16. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
17. ↑ Comments on the economy at the end of the district history on the website of the municipality ( Memento of the original from September 19, 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 July 25, 2013 
18. ↑ www.verportugal.net , accessed July 25, 2013
19. ↑ Data on the airport on the district administration's website ( memento of the original from August 27, 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. (PDF; 777 kB), accessed on July 25, 2013