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Vila Nova De São Bento E Vale De Vargo
Vila Nova de São Bento e Vale de Vargo is a civil parish in the municipality of Serpa, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Vila Nova de São Bento Vila Nova de São Bento is a former Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the municipality of Serpa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Vila Nova de São Bento e Vale de Vargo. It covers an area of 241.69 square kilometers and ... and Vale de Vargo. The population in 2011 was 4,040,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 300.25 km2. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alentejo
Alentejo ( , ) is a geographical, historical, and cultural region of south–central and southern Portugal. In Portuguese, its name means "beyond () the Tagus river" (''Tejo''). Alentejo includes the regions of Alto Alentejo and Baixo Alentejo. It corresponds to the districts of Beja, Évora, Portalegre, and Alentejo Litoral. Its main cities are Évora, Beja, Sines, Serpa, Estremoz, Elvas, and Portalegre. It has borders with Beira Baixa in the north, with Spain (Andalucia and Extremadura) in the east, Algarve in the south, and the Atlantic Ocean, Ribatejo, and Estremadura in the west. Alentejo is a region known for its traditional polyphonic singing groups, similar to those found in Tuscany, Corsica, and elsewhere. History The comarca of the Alentejo became the Alentejo Province, divided into upper (Alto Alentejo Province) and lower (Baixo Alentejo Province) designations. The modern NUTS statistical region, Alentejo Region, was expropriated from the medieval provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baixo Alentejo (intermunicipal Community)
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Baixo Alentejo (; English: ''Lower Alentejo'') is an administrative division in Portugal. It was created in 2009. It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Alentejo Region. Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015 The seat of the intermunicipal community is Beja. Baixo Alentejo comprises 13 of the 14 municipalities of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beja District
The Beja District () is located in southern Portugal. The district capital is the city of Beja. It is the largest district of the country by area, and constitutes around 11% of its area. Municipalities The district is composed of 14 municipalities: * Aljustrel * Almodôvar * Alvito * Barrancos * Beja * Castro Verde * Cuba * Ferreira do Alentejo * Mértola * Moura * Odemira * Ourique * Serpa * Vidigueira Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022 , - class="unsortable" !rowspan=2, Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 , 1976 !colspan=2 , 1979 !colspan=2 , 1980 !colspan=2 , 1983 !colspan=2 , 1985 !colspan=2 , 1987 !colspan=2 , 1991 !colspan=2 , 1995 !colspan=2 , 1999 !colspan=2 , 2002 !colspan=2 , 2005 !colspan=2 , 2009 !colspan=2 , 2011 !colspan=2 , 2015 !colspan=2 , 2019 !colspan=2 , 2022 , - , align="left", PS , , 32.0 , , 2 , , 22.0 , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serpa
Serpa () is a city and a Concelho (municipality) in the central Portuguese region Alentejo. The population in 2011 was 15,623, in an area of . The Guadiana River flows close to the town of Serpa. History Serpa has its origins in early settlement that preceded the Roman occupation of the Iberian peninsula. The neighbouring town of Beja (known as ''Pax Julia'' by the Romans) became the capital of southern Lusitanian (''Pacensis''). Serpa grew through the settlement of Roman colonists, with proof coming from various archaeological remains within the Roman villa. Moorish settlement followed this period, and remained until the Reconquista (the Christian re-conquest of Iberia). As a result of Serpa's proximity to the Spanish border, the town has always been a defensive stronghold. In the 13th century, owing to its location on the left bank of the Guadiana, it was occupied by forces loyal to Castile. On 1281, King D. Alfonso X of Castile delimited the municipality, attributing a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freguesia (Portugal)
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau (until 2001). In the past, was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The ''parroquia'' in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a ''freguesia''. A ''freguesia'' is a subdivision of a ''município'' (municipality). Most often, a parish takes the name of its seat, which is usually the most important (or the single) human agglomeration within its area, which can be a neighbourhood or city district, a group of hamlets, a village, a town or an entire city. In cases where the seat is itself divided into more than one parish, each one takes the name of a landmark within its area or of the patron saint from the usually cot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Nova De São Bento
Vila Nova de São Bento is a former Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the municipality of Serpa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Vila Nova de São Bento e Vale de Vargo. It covers an area of 241.69 square kilometers and had 3,430 inhabitants in 2001. It became a town on April 19, 1988, and until then, was called Aldeia Nova de São Bento. Its patron saint is St. Benedict and its annual festival alternates between the months of May and September. Notable people * Filipe La Féria * Manuel Monge (military figure), Manuel Monge * Monge da Silva * Dinarte Branco References External linksOfficial site Freguesias of Serpa {{Beja-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diário Da República
The ''Diário da República'' (DR) is the official gazette of Portugal. Between 1869 and 1976, it was called the ''Diário do Governo''. It is published by the National Printing House and comprises two series. Laws, decree-laws, decisions by the Constitutional Court and other relevant texts are published in the I Series. Regulations, public contracts, etc. are published in the II Series. As in many countries, legislative texts are only binding after publication (article 119 of the Portuguese Constitution). Since July 1, 2006, the gazette is published in electronic form, with only a handful of authenticated printed copies (for deposit in the National Archive, the Presidency, the Assembleia da República, the high courts, etc.). There were other changes, such as the end of the III Series. It is possible to buy the printed version of the I Series. ''Diário da República Electrónico'' is the public service of universal and free access. It requires a PDF viewer. Users can searc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
