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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the municipality of

Serpa Serpa (), officially the Municipality of Serpa (), is a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality in the Districts of Portugal, district of Beja District, Beja in Alentejo region, southern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,623, in an area of ...

, 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 Serpa (), officially the Municipality of Serpa (), is a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality in the Districts of Portugal, district of Beja District, Beja ...

. 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

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 Portugal, Portuguese Television director, director, Television producer, producer, and screenwriter for television ...

* Manuel Monge * Monge da Silva * Dinarte Branco

References

External links

Official site
Freguesias of Serpa {{Beja-geo-stub