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 wit ...
in the sub region of Pinhal Litoral 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, the main Portuguese railway line that connects its two largest cities,
Lisbon
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and
Porto
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.
The Mayor is Luís Diogo de Paiva Morão Alves Mateus since 2013, elected by the
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
For ...
. The municipal holiday is November 11 and celebrates St. Martin's Day.
In 2017, an 82-foot-long skeleton of a possible
sauropod
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dinosaur was uncovered in a Pombal property owner's backyard.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 13 civil parishes (''
freguesias
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Carnide
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Guia, Ilha e Mata Mourisca
Guia, Ilha e Mata Mourisca is a civil parish in the municipality of Pombal, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Guia, Ilha and Mata Mourisca. The population in 2011 was 6,489,Louriçal
* Meirinhas
* Pelariga
* Pombal
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Redinha
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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 ...
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 (born 1970 in Pombal) a football goalkeeper with 386 club caps, mainly for Académica
* Carlos Mota Pinto (born 1936 in Pombal) a politician and the 7th
Prime Minister
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