Fronteira () is a municipality in
Portalegre District
Portalegre District ( pt, Distrito de Portalegre ) is located in the east of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Portalegre.
As of 2021, it is the least populous district of Portugal.
Municipalities
The district is composed of 15 mu ...
in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,410, in an area of 248.60 km
2.
The present Mayor is Rogério David Sádio da Silva, elected by the
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
. The municipal holiday is April 6.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (''
freguesias
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''):
* Cabeço de Vide
* Fronteira
* São Saturnino
Notable people
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Manuel Cardoso (1566–1650) a Portuguese composer and organist.
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Bartolomeo Riberi
Bartolomeo Riberi, O. de M. (19 August, 1640 – 8 December 1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicotera (1691–1702). ''(in Latin)''[Bishop of Nicotera
The former Italian Catholic diocese of Nicotera-Tropea, in Calabria, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the diocese of Mileto, to form the diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea. It was a suffragan diocese of the archbishopric of Reg ...]
, 1691–1702
References
Populated places in Portalegre District
Municipalities of Portalegre District
People from Fronteira, Portugal
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