Vendas Novas

Vendas Novas
Municipality

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Coordinates: 38°41′N 8°27′W / 38.683°N 8.450°W / 38.683; -8.450Coordinates: 38°41′N 8°27′W / 38.683°N 8.450°W / 38.683; -8.450
Country  Portugal
Region Alentejo
Subregion Alentejo Central
Intermunic. comm. Alentejo Central
District Évora
Parishes 2
Government
 • President Luís Dias (PS)
Area
 • Total 222.39 km2 (85.87 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 11,846
 • Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)
Website http://www.cm-vn.pt

Vendas Novas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvẽdɐʒ ˈnɔvɐʃ]) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 11,846,[1] in an area of 222.39 km².[2] The city has 10,235 inhabitants.

The present Mayor is Luís Dias, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is September 7.

History

A hoard of prehistoric objects, including two trapezoid-shaped plaques with geometric designs, was found underneath a hill by labourers in the mid nineteenth century during the construction of the railway line between Vendas Novas and Beja. They are now kept at the British Museum.[3]

See also

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 2 civil parishes (freguesias):[4]

  • Landeira
  • Vendas Novas

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Direção-Geral do Território Archived 2014-09-29 at Archive.is
  3. ↑ British Museum Collection
  4. ↑ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 126" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2014.


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