Alpiarça () is a municipality in

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 ...

in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,702, in an area of 95.36 km². The present Mayor is Mário Fernando Pereira and the President of the Municipal Assembly is Mario Santiago. The municipal holiday is April 2.

Geography

Physical geography

Alpiarça is situated on a plateau in the landscape of the Vale do Tejo-Lezíria. The main town of Alpiarça is located at approximately above the Tagus Valley, some from the left bank. The morphology of the terrain is marked by plain profile, sparsely covered by vegetation, and intensely proportioned by its proximity to Tagus, alternating with pasturelands.

Human geography

The municipality of Alpiarça includes only one civil parish, and is limited in the northeast and east by the municipality of

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, southeast and southwest by the municipality of

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and northwest by the municipality of Santarém.

International relations

Alpiarça municipality is twinned with: *

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Architecture

* Archaeological site of Quinta da Goucha ( pt, Povoado da Quinta da Goucha/Estação arqueológica da Quinta da Goucha/do Cabeço da Bruxa) *

Archaeological site of Quinta dos Patudos The Arcaheological site of Quinta dos Patudos ( pt, Estação arquelógica da Quinta dos Patudos) is an archaeological site in the civil parish of Alpiarça, in the municipality of the same name in the Portuguese district of Santarém (part of th ...

( pt, Castelo de Alpiarça/Estações arqueológicas da Quinta dos Patudos) * Estate of Quinta dos Patudos ( pt, Quinta dos Patudos) * Finances Building of Alpiarça ( pt, Edifício das Finanças de Alpiarça) * Manorhouse of Quinta de São José ( pt, Casa da Quinta de São José) * Residence-Museum of Patudos/Residence of José Relvas ( pt, Casa-Museu dos Patudos/Casa de José Relvas) * Theatre of Alpiarça ( pt, Cine-Teatro de Alpiarça)

Religious

* Church of Santo Estáquio ( pt, Igreja Paroquial de Alpiarça/Igreja de Santo Eustáquio)

Notable people

José Relvas José Maria de Mascarenhas Relvas de Campos (Golegã, Golegã, 5 March 1858 – Alpiarça, Casa dos Patudos, 31 October 1929; , was a Portuguese politician and 70th Prime Minister of Portugal. = Personal life = Jose was in spouse with Eugénia ...

(1858 – 1929 in Alpiarça) a Portuguese politician and 70th

Prime Minister of Portugal The prime minister of Portugal ( pt, primeiro-ministro; ) is the head of government of Portugal. As head of government, the prime minister coordinates the actions of ministers, represents the Government of Portugal to the other bodies of state, ...

. *

Abel Fontoura da Costa Abel Fontoura da Costa (9 December 1869 – 7 December 1940) was a Portuguese colonial administrator, a military officer, a politician and a scientist.governor of Cape Verde The islands of Cape Verde were uninhabited when discovered and claimed by Portugal in 1456. A Portuguese colony was established in 1462. The islands were united as a single crown colony in 1587. In 1951, the islands became an overseas provi ...

, 1915-1918 *

Carlos Montez Melancia Carlos Montez Melancia (21 August 1927 – 23 October 2022) was a Portuguese politician who was the Governor of Macau from 9 July 1987 to 23 April 1991. Biography Melancia was born in Alpiarça, Santarém District, Portugal in 1927. In 1991, h ...

(1927 in Alpiarça – 2022) the

Governor of Macau The governor of Macau ( pt, Governador de Macau; ) was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called captain-major ( pt, Capitão-mor). The post was replaced on 20 December 1999 upon the transfer of sovere ...

, 1987 to 1991

References

External links

Town Hall official website

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