Alenquer, Portugal
Template:Infobox Portuguese subdivision Alenquer (Script error: No such module "IPA".), officially the Town of Alenquer (Template:Langx), is a Portuguese municipality in the Lisbon District and in the Oeste region. The population in 2011 was 43,267,[1] in an area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] The present Mayor is Pedro Miguel Ferreira Folgado.[3]
History
Alenquer received its Foral in 1212 by the hand of Infanta (Princess) Sancha, Lady of Alenquer, daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal.
Climate
Alenquer has a mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. It has a total of 2763.9 annual hours of sunshine.[4] Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Notable residents
- Pero de Alenquer a 15th-century Portuguese explorer of the African coast
- Damião de Góis (1502 in Alenquer – 1574) an important Portuguese humanist philosopher.[5]
- John Smith Athelstane, 1st Count of Carnota (1813-1886 in Alenquer) a British diplomat, author, biographer and painter.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):[6]
- Abrigada e Cabanas de Torres
- Aldeia Galega da Merceana e Aldeia Gavinha
- Alenquer
- Carnota
- Carregado e Cadafais
- Meca
- Olhalvo
- Ota
- Ribafria e Pereiro de Palhacana
- Ventosa
- Vila Verde dos Francos
See also
- Alenquer DOC, a wine designation.
References
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External links
- Official site
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