Fronteira, Portugal

Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal

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Coordinates: 39°03′N 7°38′W / 39.050°N 7.633°W / 39.050; -7.633Country

PortugalRegionAlentejoIntermunic. comm.Alto AlentejoDistrictPortalegreParishes3Government

• PresidentRogério Silva (PSD)Area

• Total248.60 km² (95.98 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total3,410 • Density14/km² (36/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidayApril 6Websitehttp://www.cm-fronteira.pt

Fronteira (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾõˈtɐjɾɐ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,410,^[1] in an area of 248.60 km².^[2]

The present Mayor is Rogério David Sádio da Silva, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is April 6.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Cabeço de Vide
Fronteira
São Saturnino

Notable people

Manuel Cardoso (1566–1650) a Portuguese composer and organist.
Bartolomeo Riberi (1640–1702) a Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nicotera, 1691–1702

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 52" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2014.