Ponte de Sor

Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal

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Coordinates: 39°15′N 8°01′W / 39.250°N 8.017°W / 39.250; -8.017Country

PortugalRegionAlentejoIntermunic. comm.Alto AlentejoDistrictPortalegreParishes5Government

• PresidentHugo Hilário (PS)Area

• Total839.71 km² (324.21 sq mi)Population

(2011)

• Total16,722 • Density20/km² (52/sq mi)Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET) • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)Local holidayEaster Monday
date variesWebsitehttp://www.cm-pontedesor.pt

Ponte de Sor (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpõtɨ ðɨ ˈsoɾ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 16,722,^[1] in an area of 839.71 km².^[2]

The present Mayor is Hugo Hilário, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.

Economy

The economy of the municipality is based in agriculture, services and light industries ranging from food to aviation like the British-based company L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3CTS). However, the main industry is the cork industry; Ponte de Sor is one of the main producing areas of raw and transformed cork worldwide.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):^[3]

Notable people

Vitória Pais Freire de Andrade (1883–1930) an active Portuguese feminist who also campaigned against bullfighting in Portugal.
José Luís Peixoto (born 1974) a Portuguese author, poet and playwright.

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
^ "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
^ Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 98" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2014.