Rio Maior

Rio Maior
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Basic data
Region :	Alentejo
Sub-region :	Lezíria do Tejo
District :	Santarém
Concelho :	Rio Maior
Coordinates :	39 ° 20 ′  N , 8 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 20 ′  N , 8 ° 56 ′  W
Residents:	12.005 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	91 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	132 inhabitants per km²
politics
Address of the municipal administration:	Junta de Freguesia de Rio Maior Rua Prof. Manuel José Ferreira, Lt. 70, 72-r / c 2040-270 Rio Maior
Website:	www.jf-riomaior.pt
Rio Maior County
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Residents:	21,192 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface:	272.75 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density :	78 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities :	10
administration
Administration address:	Câmara Municipal de Rio Maior Praça da República 2040-320 Rio Maior
President of the Câmara Municipal:	Isaura Maria Elias Crisóstomo Bernardino Morais
Website:	www.cm-riomaior.pt

Rio Maior is a municipality and city in Portugal . The community had 21,192 inhabitants on June 30, 2011, of which 12,005 live within the city.

Church in Rio Maior

history

Rio Maior was first mentioned as a town in the Santarém district in 1177 when shares in the Salinas da Fonte da Bica were sold to the Knights Templar . In 1619 a royal inn was opened here. The royal road from Lisbon to Coimbra , opened in 1789 , also passed Rio Maior. In the liberal wars stayed in 1834 King Michael I in the hostel. In 1836 Rio Maior became the seat of its own circle.

After initial attempts in 1890 , coal mining was resumed and intensified here as part of the country's efforts in the First World War . On August 14, 1985 , the previous small town ( Vila ) Rio Maior was elevated to a city ( Cidade ).

administration

The circle

Rio Maior is the administrative seat of a district of the same name ( concelho ) in the Santarém district . On June 30, 2011 the district had 21,192 inhabitants on an area of ​​272.8 km².

In Rio Maior

The neighboring regions are (starting clockwise in the north): Santarém , Azambuja , Cadaval , Caldas da Rainha and Alcobaça .

With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 14 to ten.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in the Rio Maior district:

Rio Maior County

local community	Population (2011)	Area km²	Density of population / km²	LAU code
Alcobertas	1.923	32.03	60	141401
Arrouquelas	591	27.85	21st	141402
Asseiceira	1,017	16.71	61	141410
Azambujeira e Malaqueijo	896	14.84	60	141415
Fráguas	905	16.12	56	141405
Marmeleira e Assentiz	865	14.15	61	141416
Outeiro da Cortiçada e Arruda dos Pisões	1,079	24.48	44	141417
Rio Maior	12.005	91.00	132	141408
São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João	1,388	20.17	69	141418
São Sebastião	523	15.40	34	141411
Rio Maior County	21,192	272.75	78	1414

Population development

Population in Rio Maior County (1849–2011)
1849	1900	1930	1960	1981	1991	2001	2011
5405	11,645	15,150	19,356	19,894	20,119	21,110	21,192

Municipal holiday

• November 6th

Town twinning

• Casablanca , Morocco (since 1993)
• Cantanhede , Portugal (since 1996)
• Vila Nova da Barquinha , Portugal (since 1996)
• Bobonaro , East Timor (since 2013)
• Bissau , Guinea-Bissau (since 2015)

sons and daughters of the town

• Ruy Belo (1933–1978), writer and translator, well-known existentialist
• Carmelinda Pereira (* 1948), politician and teacher
• Susana Feitor (* 1975), track and field athlete

Web links

Commons : Rio Maior  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the Freguesia Rio Maior at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
• Official website of the Municipality of Rio Maior

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 c} 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 (under Cronologia ), accessed on November 15, 2013
5. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
6. ↑ Municípios Portugueses: Geminações de Cidades e Vilas , accessed on January 7, 2018.
7. ↑ Overview of the city partnerships in Rio Maiors at the umbrella organization of the Portuguese district administrations, ANMP, accessed on January 5, 2018