Montemor-o-Novo (Portuguese pronunciation:[mõtɨˈmɔɾuˈnovu]ⓘ) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,437,[1] in an area of 1232.97 km2.[2] The city itself had a population of 8,928 in 2001.[3]
The present mayor is Olímpio Manuel Vidigal Galvão, elected in 2021 by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is March 8, after Saint John of God,[4] a 16th-century saint, who was born in Montemor-o-Novo.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil parishes (freguesias):[5]
Ai Weiwei (born 1957), Chinese contemporary artist and activist[7]
References
^Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^"Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
^Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 77-78" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^"Adeodato Barreto, a família e os amigos" (PDF). Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra. p. 2. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
^Newell-Hanson, Alice (12 April 2021). "Furry Friends: The Joy Ai Weiwei Gets From His Cats". T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Retrieved 5 July 2021.