Nisa () 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 7,450, in an area of 575.68 km
2.
The present Mayor is Maria Idalina Alves Trindade (PS - Partido Socialista). The municipal holiday is
Easter Monday.
In addition, it lends its name to one of the most famous Portuguese sheep cheeses (Certificate of Protected Origin or ''D.O.P.'').
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (''
freguesias''):
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Alpalhão
Alpalhão 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, or their combin ...
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Arez e Amieira do Tejo
Arez e Amieira do Tejo is a civil parish in the municipality of Nisa, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Arez and Amieira do Tejo
Amieira do Tejo is a former civil parish in the municipality of Nisa, Portugal ...
* Espírito Santo, Nossa Senhora da Graça e São Simão
* Montalvão
* Santana
* São Matias
*
Tolosa
Notable people
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Álvaro Semedo
Álvaro de Semedo (Latinized form: Alvarus de Semedo; , ''Zeng Dezhao'', earlier 謝務祿 ''Xie Wulu'') (1585 or 1586,. Mungello quotes sources for both 1585 and 1586 as Semedo's date of birth. - 18 July 1658), was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and ...
(ca.1585 - 1658) a Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary in China.
References
External links
Town Hall official websitePhotos from Nisa
Populated places in Portalegre District
Municipalities of Portalegre District
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