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Country
  
Portugal

Intermunic. comm.
  
Região de Coimbra

Time zone
  
WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1)

Population
  
26,171 (2011)

District
  
Coimbra District

Subregion
  
Baixo Mondego

Parishes
  
11

Area
  
229 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 1:44 AM

Region
  
Centro Region, Portugal

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Weather
  
10°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 92% Humidity

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Montemor-o-Velho ([mõtɨˈmɔɾ u ˈvɛʎu]) is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 26,171, in an area of 228.96 km².

Contents

Map of Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal

Keeway rkv coimbra to montemor o velho portugal


Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 11 civil parishes (freguesias):

  • 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
  • Sports

    Montemor-o-Velho has one of the only international sized 2 km rowing lakes in Portugal. The lake hosted its first rowing race in 2002 (the Coupe de la Jeunesse), before it was completed. During the competition, FISA judges noted that the lake was not wide enough to meet international standards. After then, it was rebuilt to meet these standards. It hosted the 2010 European Rowing Championships.

    Famous people

  • Sesnando Davides, 11th century Mozarab nobleman and general born in Tentúgal, Montemor-o-Velho, who would become governor of the County of Coimbra
  • Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509? – 1583), Portuguese explorer and writer
  • Culture

    Since 2014, the city hosts the Festival Forte that takes place inside the Montemor-o-Velho Castle in Portugal, during the month of August, with the main focus on electronic music, visual and performing arts.

    References

    Montemor-o-Velho Wikipedia