Reguengos de Monsaraz

Reguengos de Monsaraz
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Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Alentejo Central
District :	Évora
Concelho :	Reguengos de Monsaraz
Coordinates :	38 ° 26 ′  N , 7 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 26 ′  N , 7 ° 32 ′  W
Residents:	7261 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	101.72 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	71 inhabitants per km²
politics
Mayor :	António José Bico Medinas
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Reguengos de Monsaraz Rua Mouzinho de Albuquerque, 50 7200-390 Reguengos de Monsaraz
Reguengos de Monsaraz district
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Residents:	10,828 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	463.99 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	23 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	4th
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Reguengos de Monsaraz Pç da Liberdade Apartado 6 7201-970 Reguengos de Monsaraz
President of the Câmara Municipal:	José Calixto ( PS )
Website:	www.cm-reguengos-monsaraz.pt

Reguengos de Monsaraz is a Portuguese city ( Cidade ) in the Alentejo region . The district town is particularly known for its wines and the eponymous historical town of Monsaraz.

history

Megalithic systems and other finds prove a prehistoric settlement, such as the Menhir da Bulhoa or the Menhir do Outeiro . The Xerez Cromlech has not been preserved in its original state and was last relocated in connection with the construction work on the Alqueva reservoir . The Antas of Poço da Gateira, on the other hand, are of some importance.

Monsaraz, an Arab town since 711 , was conquered by Geraldo Sem Pavor during the Reconquista . In 1276 Monsaraz received its first town charter. The district of Reguengos de Monsaraz was only created in 1838, when the previous district seat changed from Monsaraz here. Reguengo was an earlier name for an administrative district that was directly taxable to the king. Reguengos de Monsaraz was elevated to Vila (small town with administrative rights) in 1840 .

Since 2004 Reguengos de Monsaraz is a city ( Cidade ).

Sports

The football club Atlético SC Reguengos , founded in 1929, plays its home games in Campo Virgilio Durão, which has 1,000 seats . The club rose after the 2008/2009 season in the II. Divisão , today's Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Third League). After relegation and the reorganization of the third and fourth national divisions in the newly created third division, Atlético SC is now playing in the top division of the district association for promotion. (Status: 2013/14 season)

The club's basketball department is also of regional importance.

administration

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Reguengos de Monsaraz is the seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Évora district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 10,828 inhabitants on an area of ​​464 km².

The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): Alandroal , Mourão , Moura , Portel , Évora and Redondo .

With the territorial reform in September 2013 , the municipalities ( Freguesias ) Campo and Campinho were merged to form the new municipality União das Freguesias de Campo e Campinho . Since then, the district has consisted of the following four municipalities:

Reguengos de Monsaraz district

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Campo e Campinho	1,396	177.57	8th	071106
Corval	1,389	96.41	14th	071102
Monsaraz	782	88.29	9	071103
Reguengos de Monsaraz	7,261	101.72	71	071104
Reguengos de Monsaraz district	10,828	463.99	23	0711

Population development

Population in Reguengos de Monsaraz County (1801–2011)
1801	1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
5,199	6,508	10,240	13,330	15,090	11,642	11,401	11,382	10,828

Municipal holiday

• June 13th

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Reguengos de Monsaraz was the end point of the Ramal de Reguengos .

sons and daughters of the town

• Joaquim Fiadeiro (1901–1990), veterinarian and university professor
• Alberto Janes (1909–1971), composer, best known for his fados for Amália Rodrigues
• Vasco Lourinho (1942–2013), conservative journalist in Spain, correspondent for RTP television in Madrid

Web links

Commons : Reguengos de Monsaraz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Reguengos de Monsaraz at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website of the city administration

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.verportugal.net , accessed October 5, 2013
5. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014