Montemor-o-Velho
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Montemor-o-Velho (Portuguese pronunciation: [mõtɨˈmɔɾ u ˈvɛʎu] ⓘ) is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 26,171,[1] in an area of 228.96 km².[2]
History
In 711, the
In 1026 the Arabs conquered Montemor-o-Velho again, and in 1034
At this time the river was the border between the Christian north and the Arab south, and a line of fortifications was built that included the castles of
King
On August 20, 1516, king
The decadence seems to have started in the beginning of the 17th century and continued into the 18th century; in 1771
In 1826 the municipality was made up of the parishes of Alfarelos, Brunhós, Carapinheira, Figueiró do Campo, Gatões, Gesteira, Granja do Ulmeiro, Liceia, Vila Nova da Barca, Alcáçova, S. Miguel, S. Salvador, S. Martinho and Madalena. With the administrative restructuring of 1853, the county took the almost definitive form: the parishes of Verride, Santo Varão, Cadima and Tentúgal were extinct and the parishes of Arazede, Liceia, Pereira, Santo Varão, Reveles, Verride, Vila Nova da Barca, Meãs do Campo and Tentúgal were integrated in the county. In 1928 the parish of Abrunheira was created (by extinguishing Reveles), in 1943 the parish of Gatões was created (by dismembering Seixo de Gatões) and in 1984 the parish of Ereira was created (by dismembering Verride).[3]
Climate
| Climate data for Montemor-o-Velho, 1971-2000 normals and extremes | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
34.5 (94.1) |
40.5 (104.9) |
39.8 (103.6) |
40.3 (104.5) |
38.2 (100.8) |
34.0 (93.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
40.5 (104.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.8 (74.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
20.3 (68.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
6.3 (43.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
11.5 (52.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.9 (51.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
6.3 (43.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 120.5 (4.74) |
107.4 (4.23) |
64.0 (2.52) |
78.1 (3.07) |
74.5 (2.93) |
31.7 (1.25) |
9.6 (0.38) |
11.9 (0.47) |
43.1 (1.70) |
104.0 (4.09) |
117.1 (4.61) |
128.9 (5.07) |
890.8 (35.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.4 | 12.4 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 10.7 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 105.1 |
| Source: Instituto de Meteorologia[4]
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Demographics
| Population Montemor-o-Velho Municipality (1801–2011) | ||||||||||
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| 1801 | 1849 | 1900 | 1930 | 1960 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2004 | 2006 | 2011 |
| 9528 | 6345 | 22361 | 25162 | 27925 | 27274 | 26375 | 25478 | 25082 | 24950 | 26171 |
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (
- Abrunheira, Verride e Vila Nova da Barca
- Arazede
- Carapinheira
- Ereira
- Gatões e Montemor-o-Velho
- Liceia
- Meãs do Campo
- Pereira
- Santo Varão
- Seixo de Gatões
- Tentúgal
Economy
The municipality of Montemor-o-Velho, in the
Sports
Montemor-o-Velho has one of the only international sized 2 km
Culture
Since 2014, the city hosts the
Famous people
Olden times
- Mozarab nobleman and military leader of the Reconquista, became governor of the County of Coimbra
- Diogo de Azambuja (1432–1518) a Portuguese noble and explorer.
- Vasco Gil Sodré (ca.1450—ca.1500) a navigator, one of the first settlers of Graciosa in the Azores
- Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509 – 1583), Portuguese explorer and writer
- Jorge de Montemor (ca.1520 – 1561) a Portuguese novelist and poet, who wrote the pastoral prose romance Diana in 1559.[7]
Modern times
- Esther de Carvalho (1858–1884) a controversial actress and opera singer, also known in Brazil
- Manuel Jardim (1884–1923) a Portuguese painter and art teacher.
- Lurdes Breda (born 1970) a Portuguese poet and children's writer.
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ História, Montemor-o-Velho Town Hall https://cm-montemorvelho.pt/index.php/turistas/montemor-o-velho/historia
- ^ "Monthly Averages for Montemor-o-Velho (1971–2000)" (PDF). Instituto de Meteorologia.
- ^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 78" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ 2010 European Rowing Championships Re-confirmed for Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal Archived 18 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine worldrowing.com accessed 14 June 2010
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 766.
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