Pombal () is a city and a municipality located in the

Leiria District The District of Leiria ( pt, Distrito de Leiria ) is a district located in Centro region of Portugal, divided between the traditional provinces of Beira Litoral and Estremadura. It borders on the north with district of Coimbra, on the east with ...

in the sub region of

Pinhal Litoral Pinhal Litoral () is a former NUTS3 subregion of Portugal integrating the Centro Region. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision.ity;area seat of Pinhal Litoral, capital of Leiria District, Leiria urban community and Leiria/Fátima, ...

in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,217,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
/ref> in an area of 626.00 km². The population of the city of Pombal proper is about 18,000 inhabitants. The municipality is served by a railway station which is part of the

Linha do Norte Linha do Norte is the Portuguese main railway line that connects the two main Portuguese cities, Lisbon and Porto. Its length is . It goes through some other important cities like Vila Franca de Xira, Santarém, Entroncamento, Pombal, Coi ...

, the main Portuguese railway line that connects its two largest cities,

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

and

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

. The Mayor is Luís Diogo de Paiva Morão Alves Mateus since 2013, 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 Fo ...

. The municipal holiday is November 11 and celebrates

St. Martin's Day Saint Martin's Day or Martinmas, sometimes historically called Old Halloween or Old Hallowmas Eve, is the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours and is celebrated in the liturgical year on 11 November. In the Middle Ages and early modern period, it ...

. In 2017, an 82-foot-long skeleton of a possible

sauropod Sauropoda (), whose members are known as sauropods (; from '' sauro-'' + '' -pod'', 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs. Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their bo ...

dinosaur was uncovered in a Pombal property owner's backyard.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 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 ...

''): *

Abiul Abiul, is a Portugal, Portuguese ''"freguesia"'' (Portuguese word for parish) of Pombal, Portugal, Pombal List of municipalities of Portugal, municipality. Population References History

During the black plague, "''Abiulenses"'' (the ...

* Almagreira *

Carnide Carnide () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, Carnide is north of São Domingos de Benfica and Benfica, east of Lumiar, and directly south of Lisbon's border with Odivelas ...

* Carriço *

Guia, Ilha e Mata Mourisca Guia, Ilha e Mata Mourisca is a civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, ...

* Louriçal * Meirinhas * Pelariga * Pombal * Redinha *

Santiago e São Simão de Litém e Albergaria dos Doze Santiago e São Simão de Litém e Albergaria dos Doze is a civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government be ...

* Vermoil *

Vila Cã Vila may refer to: People *Vila (surname) Places Andorra * Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp Brazil * Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso * Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State o ...

Heritage sites

Castle of Pombal The Castle of Pombal ( pt, Castelo de Pombal), is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Pombal, municipality of the same name in the district of Leiria in the Centre region of Portugal. History Around 1128, the Castle of Pombal, site o ...

*House of the

Marquis of Pombal Count of Oeiras () was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated July 15, 1759, by King Joseph I of Portugal, and granted to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, head of the Portuguese government. Later, through another roy ...

Notable people

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras (13 May 1699 – 8 May 1782), known as the Marquis of Pombal (''Marquês de Pombal''; ), was a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who effectively ruled the Po ...

(1699-1782 in Pombal) a Portuguese statesman and diplomat, chief minister to King Joseph I, 1750 to 1777 *

Pedro Roma Pedro Miguel da Mota Roma (born 13 August 1970) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Having played with Académica for over 15 years, he later worked with his main club as a goalkeepers' coach. Football career Born in ...

(born 1970 in Pombal) a football goalkeeper with 386 club caps, mainly for Académica *

Carlos Mota Pinto Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto, GCC, GCIP, (; Pombal, 25 July 1936 – Coimbra, 7 May 1985) was a Portuguese professor and politician. Career He graduated as a licentiate in law and doctorate in judicial sciences from the Faculty of Law o ...

(born 1936 in Pombal) a politician and the 7th

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

of the

Third Portuguese Republic The Third Portuguese Republic () is a period in the history of Portugal corresponding to the current democratic regime installed after the Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974, that put an end to the paternal autocratic regime of ''Estado Nov ...

References

External links

Municipality official website Portal promotional of Pombal - PortugalPhotos from Pombal
Pombal Populated places in Leiria District Municipalities of Leiria District {{Leiria-geo-stub