Mora () is a municipality in
Évora District
Évora District ( pt, Distrito de Évora ) is located in Alentejo, in southern Portugal. The district capital is the city of Évora.
Municipalities
The district is composed by 14 municipalities:
* Alandroal
* Arraiolos
* Borba
* Estremoz
* Év ...
in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,978,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística]
/ref> in an area of 443.95 km2.
The present Mayor is Paula Cristina Calado Chuço, elected by the 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 ...
in 2021. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday
Easter Monday refers to the day after Easter Sunday in either the Eastern or Western Christian traditions. It is a public holiday in some countries. It is the second day of Eastertide. In Western Christianity, it marks the second day of the Octa ...
.
Climate
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 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 ...
''):
* Brotas
* Cabeção
Cabeção is a Portuguese village, located in Mora Municipality in the Alto Alentejo Subregion. The population in 2011 was 1,073, in an area of 47.43 km². For a time it was the seat of local government in the immediate area between 1395 e ...
* Mora
* Pavia
Gallery
Image:Igreja da Misericórdia de Mora.JPG, Main church of Mora
Notable people
* José Pedro Biléu
José Pedro Biléu (born 10 April 1932, in Mora) is a former Portuguese footballer who played as forward.
Football career
Biléu gained 2 caps for Portugal and made his debut 22 May 1955 in Porto against England
England is a countr ...
(born 1932 in Mora) a former Portuguese footballer with 303 caps with Lusitano de Évora
Lusitano Ginásio Clube, MHC, also commonly known as Lusitano de Évora (abbrev. Lusit. Évora), is a Portuguese sports club based in Évora competing in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth-tier league in the Portuguese football system. F ...
References
External links
Town Hall official website
Online Newspaper
Photos of Mora
Municipalities of Évora District
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