Portel, Portugal

Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal

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Coordinates: 38°18′25″N 7°42′15″W / 38.30694°N 7.70417°W / 38.30694; -7.70417Country

PortugalRegionAlentejoIntermunic. comm.Alentejo CentralDistrictÉvoraParishes6Government

• PresidentJosé Manuel Grilo (PS)Area

• Total601.01 km² (232.05 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total6,428 • Density11/km² (28/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidayEaster Monday
date variesWebsitehttp://www.cm-portel.pt

Portel (Portuguese pronunciation: [puɾˈtɛl] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,428,^[1] in an area of 601.01 km².^[2]

The present Mayor is Norberto António Lopes Patinho, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 6 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Amieira e Alqueva
Monte do Trigo
Portel
Santana
São Bartolomeu do Outeiro e Oriola
Vera Cruz

Gallery

Portel castle.
A view of Portel.
Castle ruins.
Typical savanna environment characteristic of Alentejo.
Amieira Marina in the Alqueva lake.

Notable people

Luís Zambujo (born 1986) a Portuguese former professional footballer with 311 club caps

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 99" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.