Alcanena () is a portuguese town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Ribatejo The Ribatejo () is the most central of the traditional provinces of Portugal, with no coastline or border with Spain. The region is crossed by the Tagus river (''Ribatejo'' translates to "upper Tagus", or more precisely, "up the Tagus" relative ...

Santarém District The District of Santarém ( pt, Distrito de Santarém ) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's ''Centro Region''. The district capital is the city of Santarém. The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of , and a pop ...

. The population in 2011 was 13,868,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 127.33 km². The current Mayor is Rui Anastácio (Partido Social Democrata) and the president of the Municipal Assembly is Silvestre Pereira (

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

). The municipal holiday is

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Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (''

freguesias ''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 Port ...

''): * Alcanena e Vila Moreira * Bugalhos * Malhou, Louriceira e Espinheiro * Minde *

Moitas Venda Moitas Venda is a civil parish (''freguesia'') in Alcanena Municipality, in the Médio Tejo Subregion of Centro Region, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 866,Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park (PNSAC) is a natural park in central west Portugal. It occupies an area of and is the most important repository of limestone formations in Portugal with a variety of geological formations associated with ...

as seen from Alcanena Alcanena - Portugal (3324066244).jpg

Notable people

Alfredo Roque Gameiro Alfredo Roque Gameiro (4 April 1864, Minde - 15 August 1935, Lisbon) was a Portuguese painter and graphic artist who specialized in watercolors. Biography Alfredo Roque Gameiro was born in Minde, Portugal. When he was ten years old, he went ...

(1864 in Minde - 1935) a painter, specialized in watercolors *

Maria da Conceição Moita Maria da Conceição Moita also known as Xexão (5 April 1937 – 30 March 2021) was a Portuguese educator and activist in the fight against the dictatorship of Estado Novo. She participated in protests against dictatorship and the Portuguese ...

(1937–2021) an educator and political activist *

Carlos Calado Carlos Nuno Tavares Calado (born October 5, 1975 in Alcanena, Médio Tejo) is an athlete from Portugal, Sporting CP and S.L. Benfica, who specialises in the long jump. He was at his peak in 2001 when he won bronze medals at both the World Indoor a ...

(born 1975) a Portuguese long jumper.

References

External links

Local council official website

Photos from ALCANENA
Populated places in Santarém District Municipalities of Santarém District {{Santarém-geo-stub

Parishes

Notable people

See also

References

External links