Pombal () is a city and a municipality located in the historical Beira Litoral province and in the região de Leiria of portuguese Leiria district. The population in 2011 was ,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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. The Mayor is Luís Diogo de Paiva Morão Alves Mateus since 2013, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is November 11 and celebrates St. Martin's Day. In 2017, an 82-foot-long skeleton of a possible

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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''): * Abiul * Almagreira * Carnide * Carriço * Guia, Ilha e Mata Mourisca * Louriçal * Meirinhas * Pelariga * Pombal * Redinha * Santiago e São Simão de Litém e Albergaria dos Doze * Vermoil * Vila Cã

Heritage sites

* Castle of Pombal *House of the Marquis of Pombal

Sports

Sporting Clube de Pombal is the major sports club in Pombal. It was established on 20 October 1922 as the branch number 10 of

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

(Sporting CP).

Notable people

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal Dom (honorific), D. 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 ( ), was a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who Despotism, despotically ruled ...

(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

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of the

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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