Vila Nova de São Bento is a former
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, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the municipality of
Serpa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish
Vila Nova de São Bento e Vale de Vargo
Vila Nova de São Bento e Vale de Vargo is a civil parish in the municipality of Serpa, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Vila Nova de São Bento
Vila Nova de São Bento is a former Freguesia (Portugal), civil pa ...
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It covers an area of 241.69 square kilometers and had 3,430 inhabitants in 2001.
It became a town on April 19, 1988, and until then, was called Aldeia Nova de São Bento. Its patron saint is St. Benedict and its annual festival alternates between the months of May and September.
Notable people
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Filipe La Féria Luís Filipe Valente Lá Féria Orta, known professionally as Filipe La Féria (born May 17, 1945 in Vila Nova de São Bento), is a Portuguese director, producer, and screenwriter for television and theatre.
Career
He began his theatrical activi ...
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Manuel Monge
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Monge da Silva
Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse (9 May 1746 – 28 July 1818) was a French mathematician, commonly presented as the inventor of descriptive geometry, (the mathematical basis of) technical drawing, and the father of differential geometry. Duri ...
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Dinarte Branco
References
External links
Official site
Freguesias of Serpa
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