Ponte de Sor () 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 16,722, in an area of 839.71 km
2.
The present Mayor is Hugo Hilário, 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 ...
. The municipal holiday is
Easter Monday
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.
Economy
The economy of the municipality is based in
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...
, services and light industries ranging from food to aviation like the British-based company
L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3CTS). However, the main industry is the cork industry, being Ponte de Sor one of the main producing areas of raw and transformed cork worldwide.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (''
freguesias''):
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Foros de Arrão
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Galveias
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Longomel
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Montargil
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Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor
Notable people
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Vitória Pais Freire de Andrade (1883–1930) an active Portuguese feminist who also campaigned against bullfighting in Portugal.
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José Luís Peixoto (born 1974) a Portuguese author, poet and playwright.
References
External links
Town Hall official website
Populated places in Portalegre District
Municipalities of Portalegre District
People from Ponte de Sor
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